Media Coverage on Inauguration of High Performance Computing System held on 28 th February 2014 at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune 1
Contents: 1. Sakal, Pune 2 nd March 2014 2. Pudhari 1 st March 2014 3. Maharashtra Times, Pune 1 st March 2014 4. DNA, Pune 1 st March 2014 three (3) Clippings 5. TOI Pune, 1 March 2014 two (2) Clippings 6. Financial Express, Pune, 1 March 2014 - two (2) Clippings 7. National Web Network India site (nwn) news, 3 March 2014 8. Prabhat, Pune, 1 st March 2104 9. Lokmat, Pune 1 st March 2014 10. VIBriefing.com, 28 Feb 2014 11. TOI, Pune, Feb 27, 2014 Total: Fifteen Clippings 2
SAKAL, Pune 2 nd March 2014 3
Pudhari 1 st March 2014 4
Maharashtra Times, Pune 1 st March 2014 http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/maharashtra/pune/super-computer/articleshow/31186706.cms 5
DNA, Pune 1 st March 2014 (Newspaper view) 6
DNA, Pune 1 st March 2014 (enlarge view) Indigenous monsoon model to be ready by 2017 dna correspondent @dnaofpune Pune: India is in the process of developing its own indigenous dynamic Monsoon Model. Expected to be ready by by 2017, it will be far more accurate than the current statistical model in use. With this new system in place, the entire weather forecasting, including the annual monsoon predictions will be closer to accuracy. On Friday, secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Shailesh Nayak inaugurated Aaditya, the high performance super-computing facility at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) at Pashan, Pune. The new system has a capacity of 790 tera flop, and coupled with another high performance super-computing facility at National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast (NCMRWF), Noida it can help the IITM to set up an Indian model for weather and climate prediction by 2017. Nayak said that both facilities, including all other infra-structure, has cost the government a total of Rs200 crores. B N Goswami, the director of IITM told media persons that day-to-day weather forecasting is followed by 67% people in the country. Five million farmers are availing benefits from regular real-time agricultural advisories. At present, he said, weather forecasting can be done three days in advance, other facilities such as now-cast is also available. Goswami said that in addition to having a high-performance facility, one needs to have trained manpower to handle such systems. Nayak said that two batches of 20 people each have been trained to use the highperformance facility, with another batch of 20 is undergoing training at a dedicated training school. Nayak further informed that the earlier model was based on 16 parameters, which had been reduced to statistical model based on six parameters. He said that whenever the monsoon is above or below average, the statistical model posed issues, which is why upgradation of the model becomes a continuous process. He said that dynamic model, coupled with statistical model is currently being used by the IMD for predictions. In two years time, the indigenous Indian monsoon model help further. 7
DNA, Pune 1 st March 2014 (enlarge view) 8
DNA, Pune 1 st March 2014 (enlarge view) 9
India to switch to new model for monsoon forecast in three years TOI Pune, 1 March 2014 http://epaper.timesofindia.com/default/scripting/articlewin.asp?from=archive&source=page&skin=toinew&bas ehref=toipu%2f2014%2f03%2f01&viewmode=gif&pagelabel=6&entityid=ar00600&appname=1 http://epaper.timesofindia.com/default/scripting/articlewin.asp?from=archive&source=page&skin=toi NEW&BaseHref=TOIPU%2F2014%2F03%2F01&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=6&EntityId=Ar00600&A ppname=1 10
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City to get airborne research facility MoES To Acquire Medium-Sized Turbo Type Aircraft For Project TOI Pune, 1 March 2014 http://epaper.timesofindia.com/default/scripting/articlewin.asp?from=archive&source=page&skin=toinew&basehref=toip U%2F2014%2F03%2F01&ViewMode=GIF&PageLabel=6&EntityId=Ar00601&AppName=1 http://epaper.timesofindia.com/default/scripting/articlewin.asp?from=archive&source=page&skin=toinew&bas ehref=toipu%2f2014%2f03%2f01&viewmode=html&pagelabel=6&entityid=ar00601&appname=1 12
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Supercomputing system to give better forecasts Financial Express, Pune, 1 March 2014 http://www.financialexpress.com/news/supercomputing-system-to-give-better-forecasts/1230309 Pune s airborne facility to track weather changes Financial Express, Pune, 1 March 2014 14
India s most powerful supercomputer Aditya powered on at Pune institute National Web Network India Site (NWN) News, 3 March 2014 http://news.nwn.in/2014/02/28/indias-most-powerful-supercomputer-aditya-powered-on-at-pune-institute/ 15
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Prabhat, Pune, 1 st March 2104 17
Lokmat, Pune 1 st March 2014 18
Lokmat, Pune 1 st March 2014 वम न र कळण र ढग च अ तर ग आयआयट एम : प व व न म लय च म ज र व ज पड य च द त य ण र अ द ज ढग च गडगड ट ह ऊन व ज पड य य घटन प वस ळय़ त म ठय़ म ण त घडत आह त. व ज क ह, क ठ पड ल, य च अ द ज लवकरच हव म न ख य कड न द य त य ईल. अग दर ह अ द ज द य त य त न हत. प ढ ल वष प स न ह स व स कर य त य ईल. य स ठ य तप स य आयआयट एमम य स आह त, अश म हत ड. श ल श न यक य न दल. न स स बत भ रत च हव म न ख त करण र सम च अ य स अम रक त ल अवक श स श धन स थ न स आ ण भ रत य हव म न ख त एक तर य सम वर स श धन करण र आह. २0१६ म य ह क प स ह ईल. य अ तग त अरब सम वर ल हव च अ य स कर य त य ण र आह, अश म हत ड. श ल श न यक य न दल. आयआयट एम : प व व न म लय च म ज र प ण : ढग य अ तर ग च अ य स कर य स ठ प ढ ल वष प य त ल भ रत य उ णद श य हव म नश स थ कड (आयआयट एम) टबर क रच वम न य ण र आह. प व व न म लय न य क प ल म ज र दल अस न १७0 क ट पय च नध ह दल आह. प ढ य वष ह वम न प य त द खल ह ईल, अश म हत प व व न म लय च स चव ड. श ल श न यक य न दल. य व ळ आयआयट एमच स च लक. ब. एन. ग व म उप थत ह त. ड. न यक हण ल, 'हव म न च अ द ज वत व य स ठ ढग च अ य सह ह ण गरज च आह. य च उ श त न 'न शनल फ स लट फ र एअरब न रसच ' ह क प आयआयट एमन ह त घ तल आह. य अ तग त ढग च अ य स कर य स ठ वम न च आव यकत पडत. स य य स ठ च वम न भ न घ तल ज त. म त घ य त आ ण उड व य स ठ परव नग घ य स ठ अन क अडचण य त ह य, य म ळ वत:च छ ट वम न घ य च नण य घ य त आल.' ग व म हण ल, 'ह वम न ११ कम वरपय त उड शक ल. य म य ४ म णस बसत ल आ ण १ हज र कल मच म शन त आक श त घ ऊन ज ऊ शक ल. य वम न य खर द स ठ ज ग तक न वद क ढ य च क म स आह. ह अ य स प य त न च लण र आह, य म ळ ह वम न आ ण य स ठ च य गश ळ प य तच उभ र व ल गण र आह. ( त नध ) 19
VIB, 28 Feb 2014 http://www.vibriefing.com/indian-institute-of-tropical-meteorology-to-launch-high-performance-computingsystem-on-friday/ 20
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology to launch High Performance Computing system on Friday TOI, Pune, Feb 27, 2014 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/indian-institute-of-tropical-meteorology-to-launch-high- Performance-Computing-system-on-Friday/articleshow/31114539.cms 21