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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Pune. PARAM is a series of supercomputers designed and assembled by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Pune, India.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first supercomputer is Param 8000. Developed in 1991, it is a series of gigaflop supercomputers developed by Vijay P Bhaktar, who is known as the “architect of India’s initiative in supercomputing”. PARAM stands for ‘PARAllel machine’ and was developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(CDAC).

Detailed explanation-3: -This began a new chapter of developing Indigenous supercomputer and Professor Vijay Bhatkar developed India’s first supercomputer PARAM 8000 which was the second-fastest computer in the world at that time.

Detailed explanation-4: -PARAM Ganga – IIT Roorkee. IIT Roorkee has been selected to have a node of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) coordinated by CDAC Pune, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).