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'PARAM Shakti', the petascale supercomputer developed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), was inaugurated on which date and where?

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'PARAM Shakti', the petascale supercomputer developed under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), was inaugurated on which date and where?
  1. 26 March, 2022 at IIT, BHU, Varanasi
  2. 27 March, 2022 at IIT, Bombay, Maharashtra
  3. 27 March, 2022 at IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal
  4. 29 March, 2022 at IIT, Ropar, Punjab

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Correct answer: C - 27 March, 2022 at IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal
PARAM Shakti, a petascale supercomputer built under the National Supercomputing Mission (a joint initiative of MeitY and DST), was dedicated at IIT Kharagpur on 27 March 2022. It provides high-performance computing for research at the institute and nearby academic and R&D bodies; the other dates and IITs do not match this facility.

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