Inauguration of PARAM PORUL Super Computer at NIT Trichy- Under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli has become part of the National Super Computing Mission (NSM), of the Government of India. The centre is named as PARAM PORUL and was inaugurated by Shri Bhaskar Bhat, Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT Trichy in the presence of the Dr. G. Aghila, Director NIT Trichy. Ms. Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator and HoD, NSM, MeitY, Dr. Namrata Pathak, Scientist, DST, Shri E. Magesh, DG, CDAC, Mr. Navin Kumar, Scientist D, MeitY, Mr. S. A. Kumar, Advisor, MeitY, Dr. Nagaboopathy Mohan, Scientist, DST, Dr. Hemant Darbari, Mission Director, NSM, Shri Sanjay Wandhekar, Senior Director, CDAC Pune, Dr. Nagaboopathy Mohan, Scientist, DST, Shri Prasad, CDAC, Shri Mohammed Sajeed, CDAC graced the inauguration. The PARAM PORUL supercomputer centre was launched for public use.

NIT Tiruchirappalli is the only NIT to be part of the NSM amongst all other IITs and NABI. The objective of the NSM is to empower technology institutions with high-performance computing capabilities that can be used for solving computationally intensive problems. Based on the
proposal submitted by the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli to the NSM – Infrastructure team, the institution has been sanctioned a Super Computer worth Rs.19 crores by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) and the Department of
Science and Technology (DST).

The 650 TF supercomputer involving CPU and GPU at a ratio of 70:30 is being installed at the Institute by CDAC, Pune, with an additional installation cost of about 4 crores. With the development of societal projects involving Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Deep
learning on the rise, the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli is happy to announce the installation of the Super Computer at the appropriate time. The facility will be helpful to the
research scholars and faculty who are working on projects involving high-end computing for carrying out various research and sponsored projects.

Chairman Shri Bhaskar Bhatt expressed that the facility will be a milestone for the Institute in serving the students, and faculty of NIT Trichy. The academic institutions in the locale will be benefitted by this and thus in line with NEP 2020. The Director, Dr. G. Aghila expressed her excitement and happiness at the inauguration of the PARAM PORUL centre. Director Dr. Aghila also stated that the supercomputer facility will enhance the exponential increase in research output and the involvement in societal projects, in areas of Health, Agriculture, Weather, Financial Services, Social media etc., in addition to the in-house projects by all 17 Departments of the
Institute. She also reiterated that the supercomputing facility would be available to neighbouring educational institutions, as mandated in NSM and in line with NEP 2020.

This is stated in a Press Release issued by NIIT, Trichy.

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