Question

When and Where was the indias first computer installed?

Answer 1

India’s first computer was installed in 1955 in Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta (now called as Kolkata).

History of India’s first computer

• The age of computer in India began in 1955 with the installation of HEC-2M
• HEC-2M was a computer designed by A.D.Booth in England
• The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) at Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the first institute to have the privilege.
• India bought its first computer for an amount of Rs 10 lakh.
• It was also recognised as a number-crunching machine with a huge size.

Computer made by Indian

Param is the first supercomputer developed by Indian scientists. The first supercomputer assembled indigenously, called Param Shivay, was installed in IIT (BHU).

About Param

• Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar is the man behind Param
• He developed the first Indian supercomputer, the PARAM 8000, in 1991
• Later the PARAM 10000 was developed in 1998
• He built the National Param Supercomputing Facility (NPSF) based on the PARAM series