Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr Harsh Vardhan yesterday dedicated India's fastest and first multi-petaflops supercomputer to the nation in Pune. <br/><br/>The supercomputer named as 'Pratyush' meaning the Sun, established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will be a national facility for improving weather and climate forecasts and services under the umbrella of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).<br/> '<br/>While inaugurating the facility at IITM, Pune, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that it will be India's number one HPC facility in terms of peak capacity and performance. <br/><br/>This facility is part of Ministry's continuous endeavor to provide world class forecast services to the citizens of India through upgrading various operational and research activities and the needed infrastructure. <br/><br/>India needs better forecasts for Weather and Climate conditions like monsoon, extreme events, Tsunamis, Cyclones, earthquakes, air quality, lightning, fishing, hot – cold waves, flood, and drought.<br/><br/>

Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan yesterday dedicated India's fastest and first multi-petaflops supercomputer to the nation in Pune. <br/><br/>The supercomputer named as 'Pratyush' meaning the Sun, established at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, will be a national facility for improving weather and climate forecasts and services under the umbrella of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).<br/> '<br/>While inaugurating the facility at IITM, Pune, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said that it will be India's number one HPC facility in terms of peak capacity and performance. <br/><br/>This facility is part of Ministry's continuous endeavor to provide world class forecast services to the citizens of India through upgrading various operational and research activities and the needed infrastructure. <br/><br/>India needs better forecasts for Weather and Climate conditions like monsoon, extreme events, Tsunamis, Cyclones, earthquakes, air quality, lightning, fishing, hot – cold waves, flood, and drought.<br/><br/>