In TOP 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world, Param Siddhi, which is the Indian high performance computing-artificial intelligence supercomputer, established under National Supercomputing Mission at C-DAC has ranked 63rd in the world.  

In areas such as advanced materials, computational chemistry & astrophysics, and several other packages developed under the mission on platform for drug design and preventive health care system, the AI system will strengthen application development of packages. 

It is also said that it will accelerate R&D in the war against COVID-19 through medical imaging, genome sequencing, faster simulations,  and forecasting. Furthermore, it will be a boon for Indian masses and for start-Ups and MSMEs in particular.

“It is a historical first. India today has one of the largest supercomputer infrastructures in the world and that is evidenced by the ranking that Param Siddhi-AI has received today,” said Secretary Department of Science & Technology, Professor Ashutosh Sharma.

“I truly believe that Param Siddhi-AI will go a long way in empowering our national academic and R&D institutions as well as industries and start-ups spread over the country networked on the national supercomputer grid over the National Knowledge Network (NKN)”, Prof. Sharma added.

Prof Ashutosh Sharma pointed, “With the infusion of Param Siddhi-AI, the scientific and technology community in the country will further be enabled and empowered to solve multidisciplinary grand challenges of healthcare, agriculture, education, energy, cybersecurity, space, AI applications, weather and climate modelling, urban planning to name a few.”

“This is a compelling piece of our journey in Atmanirbharta through Science Technology & Innovation,” he stressed.