National ‪#‎SupercomputingMission

CCEA approves the National Supercomputing Mission The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the launch of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) on March 25, 2015. It will be jointly implemented by the Department of Science and Technology and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology at an estimated cost of Rs 4,500 crore over a period of seven years. 22 The NSM has been conceptualised in response to the increasing computing demands of the scientific and academic sectors in the country.

 It aims to:  Install a vast supercomputing grid comprising of around 70 high-performance computing facilities,
 Professionally train human resources for meeting challenges in the development of applications,
  Provide qualitative and quantitative improvement in research and development (R&D) and higher education, in the disciplines of science and technology
,  Enable comparability to countries advanced in supercomputing such as the US, Japan, China, etc. Supercomputers will also be networked on the National Supercomputing grid over the National Knowledge Network, which is a programme connecting academic institutions and R&D labs over a high speed network. These institutions as well as departments and ministries of the government will use supercomputing facilities and develop applications of national relevance.