The Indian Institute of Technology Patna has commissioned PARAM Rudra, Bihar’s first supercomputer, marking a transformative development in the state’s research and technology infrastructure. Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, presided over the inauguration ceremony.
Established under the National Supercomputing Mission through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between IIT Patna and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing in May 2023, the supercomputer operates at 838 teraflops using indigenously developed components and software. The facility is expected to serve approximately 60 faculty members and nearly 400 students across 10 departments.
PARAM Rudra will enable cutting-edge research in computational astrobiology, material design, molecular electronics, fluid mechanics, nano-bio interfaces, artificial intelligence, data science, and quantum computing. The high-performance computing system will significantly reduce computation time for complex simulations and modeling, accelerating breakthrough discoveries.
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IIT Patna Director T.N. Singh emphasized that the facility would catalyze revolutionary changes across Bihar and the broader eastern region. Under the National Supercomputing Mission, 37 supercomputers have been deployed nationwide with a combined capacity of 39 petaFLOPS, currently supporting over 12,000 researchers. Ten additional systems are planned, which will elevate India’s total computational capacity beyond 100 petaFLOPS in the upcoming phase.
The supercomputer is expected to strengthen research output, foster industry partnerships, and establish IIT Patna as a premier hub for computational excellence in eastern India.
