TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 21603 SUBJECT: LIGO/Virgo G298048: GMRT Follow-up of SSS17a DATE: 17/08/19 21:18:21 GMT FROM: Mansi M. Kasliwal at Caltech K. De (Caltech), M. M. Kasliwal (Caltech), V. Bhalerao (IIT-B), P. Chandra (NCRA), A. Corsi (TTU) report on behalf of the GROWTH (Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen) collaboration We observed SSS17a (GCN 21529) with the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope in India at 610 MHz on UT 2017-08-18 11:00. We do not detect any emission at this location. Multi-band multi-epoch follow-up is underway. We thank the GMRT staff for rapidly scheduling these observations. The GMRT is run by the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.