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In September 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three _______ supercomputers, developed indigenously under the National Supercomputing Mission.
Parma Chandra
PARAM Surya
PARAM Rudra
PARAM Shakti
PARAM Rudra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three indigenous PARAM Rudra supercomputers under the National Supercomputing Mission in September 2024.
In September 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated three indigenous PARAM Rudra supercomputers to the nation, developed at a total cost of 130 crore rupees. These supercomputers were indigenously developed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). They have been deployed in Pune, Delhi, and Kolkata to facilitate advanced research in giant metrewave radio astronomy, high-energy physics, and material science.
The National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) was launched in 2015 to empower national academic and R&D institutions by installing a vast supercomputer grid across the country. It is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST), with C-DAC and IISc Bangalore as key executing agencies.
Launch Date: September 26, 2024 by PM Narendra Modi
Total Project Cost: тВ╣130 Crore under the National Supercomputing Mission
Developing Agency: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
Deployment Locations: NCRA Pune, SNBNCBS Kolkata, and IUAC New Delhi
Option C is correct тАФ In September 2024, PM Narendra Modi launched three indigenously developed PARAM Rudra supercomputers worth тВ╣130 crore under the National Supercomputing Mission.
Remember that PARAM is the overarching prefix for C-DAC supercomputers starting from India's first supercomputer PARAM 8000 launched in 1991.