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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -The new Supercomputing Centre is equipped with the latest Intel based processor and accelerator technologies with a peak computing power of 1 5 Teraflops and is the most powerful machine in the entire North East and among all the NITs in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Param Kanchenjunga is the most powerful and fastest among all available at the 31 National Institute of Technology’s. A supercomputer is a computer with a high-level computational capacity compared to a general-purpose computer.

Detailed explanation-4: -The PARAM 8000 was the first machine in the series and was built from scratch. Vijay P. Bhatkar is best known as the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers. He developed the first Indian supercomputer, the PARAM 8000, in 1991.

Detailed explanation-5: -India, till 2022 developed 15 supercomputers, and the newest supercomputer in India is PARAM Ananta.