The father of Indian astronomy and the architect of the giant metrewave radio telescope (GMRT), Govind Swarup, has recently been honoured with the Grote Reber Medal, 2007 for lifetime, innovative achievement in radio astronomy. The Australia Telescope National Facility, which conferred the award to Swarup of the National Centre of Radio Astrophysics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, said he has had a long and productive career and remains as dynamic and energetic as ever.