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37 supercomputers with a total computing power of 40 Petaflops deployed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM)

The Indian Government’s initiative towards creating a self-reliant ecosystem for developing high-performance computing facilities continues to grow under the auspices of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM). Launched by the Government of India in 2015, NSM has been allocated INR 450 crores ($542 million) to finance this effort. The implementation of NSM is a collaboration between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiT) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), through their institutions, the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). The NSM aims to enable researchers, start-ups, and academic institutions to access contemporary computing power while establishing a secure domestic supply chain for all parts of Supercomputers. 
There are currently 37 supercomputers with a combined capacity of 40 petaflops deployed throughout the country, with the majority (34) installed in the past 5 years. Work is also currently underway on six additional supercomputers, valued at INR 680 crores ($82 million), located at various IISc, IIT, C-DAC, Research Laboratory, and Tier II/III locations that will be operating at more than 81% of their respective capacities and in excess of 95% in numerous cases. These supercomputing systems have been critical tools for research and development, used by over 13,000 researchers, including 1,700 doctoral students, to run more than one crore compute jobs.

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