India, Pune — Center for Advanced Computing Technologies (CACT), June 2, 1990
Aryan stood beside Dr. Vijay Bhatkar, the man who gave India PARAM — the country's first indigenous supercomputer. But today wasn't about the past.
Today, the lab unveiled PARAM II — a new beast built not just with silicon, but with a purpose.
"We are not in a race to catch up," Aryan said."We are in a race to rewrite the rules."
PARAM II: A Quantum-Class Leap
Processing Power: 500 teraflops (at par with mid-2000s systems).
OS: Bharat Quantum Shell — 100% indigenous, resistant to foreign backdoors.
Cooling: Hybrid cryo and desert-tech system using Rajasthan's saltwater brine.
Architecture: AI-optimized neural tree arrays.
"PARAM II is not just a machine," said Dr. Bhatkar."It's a declaration: India does not borrow intelligence — we manufacture it."
Applications: Nation-First
DeshGrid: National grid forecasting power and irrigation demand.
ShunyaEye: Real-time military satellite data processing for border intelligence.
AyushSim: AI-based epidemiological simulation for rural healthcare.
VedantaLang: India's own NLP framework in 22+ languages.
Bureaucracy Be Damned
Aryan, through a direct PMO order, gave PARAM II:
Zero tender protocol for future tech imports.
Category-X status: Can override all ministry delays.
Funding: ₹10,000 crore direct capital with 5-year immunity from audits.
"The future will not wait for clerks to file paperwork," Aryan said.
Public Impact: Quiet but Groundbreaking
No rally. No posters. But the first to benefit was:
The Indian Meteorological Department — whose forecasts improved overnight.
The Border Security Force — who received encrypted live imaging of movement on the Bhutan border.
ISRO — who now mapped launch vectors 70% faster.
International Reaction
Japan offered quantum component access.France requested tech-sharing talks.China? Sent a quiet note: "Congratulations. Impressive leap."
But in Washington, a quiet meeting was held between CIA, NSA, and DARPA.
"India's no longer just catching up," someone said."They're setting pace."
System Notification
[Ding! Task Complete: Indigenous Strategic Tech Tier Reached][Reward: Neuro-Reactor Framework Blueprint][New System Skill Unlocked: Intelligence Compression Protocol]
Aryan folded the reward printout and turned to Dr. Bhatkar.
"Now we train 1,000 minds to build the next PARAM… and 1 million minds to dream beyond it."