{"id":14062,"date":"2025-04-29T05:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14062"},"modified":"2025-05-27T15:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:19:06","slug":"national-supercomputing-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-supercomputing-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>National Supercomputing Mission: Powering India&#8217;s Future with Indigenous High-Performance Computing.<\/p>\n<h2>About National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)<\/strong>\u00a0is a\u00a0<strong>flagship initiative<\/strong>\u00a0launched in\u00a0<strong>2015<\/strong>\u00a0by the Government of India to strengthen the nation\u2019s\u00a0<strong>High-Performance Computing (HPC)<\/strong>\u00a0capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>It aims to\u00a0<strong>enhance India\u2019s computational capacity<\/strong>\u00a0in sectors like\u00a0<strong>science, technology, academia, research, and industry<\/strong>, making the country\u00a0<strong>self-reliant<\/strong>\u00a0in supercomputing technologies.<\/li>\n<li>The mission is\u00a0<strong>jointly steered<\/strong>\u00a0by the\u00a0<strong>Department of Science and Technology (DST)<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY)<\/strong>, and is\u00a0<strong>implemented<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>C-DAC, Pune<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>IISc, Bengaluru<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The key goal is to\u00a0<strong>position India globally<\/strong>\u00a0among top nations in supercomputing by enabling\u00a0<strong>research<\/strong>, reducing\u00a0<strong>technological import dependence<\/strong>, and creating a robust\u00a0<strong>indigenous HPC ecosystem<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Indigenisation Milestones<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rudra&#8221; HPC servers<\/strong>, developed indigenously, are the\u00a0<strong>first HPC-class servers<\/strong>\u00a0built in India, matching global standards.<\/li>\n<li>Supercomputers like\u00a0<strong>PARAM Rudra<\/strong>\u00a0(Pune, Delhi, Kolkata) have been dedicated for\u00a0<strong>advanced research<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>physics, cosmology, and earth sciences<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Trinetra<\/strong>\u00a0high-speed network (developed under NSM) boosts\u00a0<strong>data transfer rates<\/strong>\u00a0up to\u00a0<strong>200 Gbps<\/strong>\u00a0and is being rolled out in phases \u2013\u00a0<strong>PoC<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Trinetra-A (100 Gbps)<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Trinetra-B (200 Gbps)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>AI Supercomputing: AIRAWAT<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>AIRAWAT project<\/strong>\u00a0is India\u2019s\u00a0<strong>AI-focused supercomputing initiative<\/strong>\u00a0under NSM, offering a\u00a0<strong>common AI computing platform<\/strong>\u00a0for start-ups, researchers, and innovation hubs.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Proof of Concept (PoC)<\/strong>\u00a0system of AIRAWAT features\u00a0<strong>200 petaflops<\/strong>\u00a0of AI processing power, scalable to\u00a0<strong>790 AI petaflops<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AIRAWAT secured 75th rank<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a0<strong>Top 500 Global Supercomputing List<\/strong>\u00a0(ISC 2023, Germany), placing India among the\u00a0<strong>top AI supercomputing nations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Institutional Milestones<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PARAM Shivay<\/strong>\u00a0(2019) at\u00a0<strong>IIT-BHU<\/strong>\u00a0was the\u00a0<strong>first indigenous supercomputer<\/strong>\u00a0under NSM.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PARAM Pravega<\/strong>\u00a0(2022) at\u00a0<strong>IISc Bengaluru<\/strong>\u00a0is among the\u00a0<strong>largest academic supercomputers<\/strong>\u00a0in India, with\u00a0<strong>3.3 petaflops<\/strong>\u00a0processing power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.\u00a0<\/strong>What is the objective of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0The NSM aims to develop a high-performance computing (HPC) ecosystem in India, including indigenous supercomputers and advanced computing facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.\u00a0<\/strong>Which two bodies jointly implement the NSM?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0The NSM is jointly implemented by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) and IISc Bengaluru (Indian Institute of Science).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.\u00a0<\/strong>When was the National Supercomputing Mission launched?<br \/>\n<strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0The NSM was launched in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2124920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched in 2015, India&#8217;s National Supercomputing Mission boosts High-Performance Computing (HPC) to advance research, innovation, and digital growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":48101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[544,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-14062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-national-supercomputing-mission-nsm","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}