India's Pratyush supercomputer is the 39th most powerful globall

The supercomputer housed at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune is used for weather and climate predictions

India’s most powerful supercomputer Pratyush, the first multi-petaflop device in the country which is being used to improve weather and climate predictions, has made it to the 39th spot on the Top 500 List of supercomputers in the world.

The 4 petaflop supercomputer has improved India’s ranking in the list from high 300s to under 50 for the first time. Commissioned in January, Pratyush will be used to do more accurate weather and climate forecasting, including the all-important monsoon predictions.

Pratyush is setup at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune, also has a smaller brother Mihir, a