The Nominations...
Name: Subbarao
Email: Subbarao@hotmail.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: The only motivation, hope for the disoriented, disorganised, politically-corrupted Indian Scientific organisations.
Name: Shivakumar
Email: shivahb@yahoo.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He's shown what Indians can accomplish.
Name: Gautam Kumar
Email: gkdas@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He is the one who cares for the security of the nation.
Name: Meenakshi
Email: mindoc@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: For his contributions to world economics.
Name: Surajit Mukherjee
Email: surajitmukherjee@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: For bringing recognition to the country. For rekindling the pride of being Indian.
Name: Dipen Ramnik Chheda
Email: dipen_chheda@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: In a span of 10 months our honourable PM, despite lack of support and opposition from the Congress and other coalition members, have given us plenty. The Pokhran nuclear tests, gold medal in hockey etc are few of the achievements that India has received under his able leadership. He truly is selfless, loyal, faithful, generous and I don't have any more adjectives to describe him. If given moral support by his colleagues, other party members and all citizens of the country I am sure that India will be recognised as a superpower in today's selfish world mainly ruled by the US, Britain etc. Hats off to him !!!
Name: Pramesh D Sampat
Email: polybag@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Indian Scientists
Reason why: They have shown that India is by no means to be underestimated or underrated.
Name: Narayana Gowda
Email: gowda@intraksys.com
Nomination: Amaritya Sen
Reason why: He can still make some miracle in the field of economics. He can make things better in India.
Name: Jaydip Chakrabarty
Email: jchakraborty@usa.net
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Nobel Prize winner. What else?
Name: N Sivaramakrishnan
Email: n_s_k@hotmail.com
Nomination: J Jayalalitha
Reason why: For keeping all the politicians, bureaucracy, judiciary, journalists busy throughout the year and somehow managing to make it to the headlines. For her performance at the polls this year and for exposing the weakness of the current govt.
Name: Suraj Gondil
Email: gondil@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: As someone wisely said: quite obvious...
Name: S R Venugopal
Email: srvenugopal@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He became PM after a long stint in the opposition benches and is doing well (at least it seems)
Name: SATISH KHANNA
Email: Satish_Khanna@vsnl.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu, CM of AP
Reason why: A model Politician, Administrator, Performer of the kind we need more and in all the states. India could then well be on the path of desired growth and development.
Name: Santosh Athani
Email: kuzhi@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: The only Indian who tells "what India can Do and shows it.
Name: Ezhilan K V
Email: ezhilankv@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Jaswant Singh
Reason why: Simply without having a formal position, he was working all the way to save India from foreign countries' fiscal aid cut & nuclear negotiations.
Also his role in Planning Commission. His presence in the telecom group. The total bussiness community accepts him as a friend after Manmohan & Chidambaram.
Name: Poopathi Manickam
Email: poopathi@aa.net
Nomination: Dr Krishnaswamy
Reason why: Dr K single-handedly organised the Dalits and other
most backward Tamils as a political force and positioned a political party called Puthiya Thamizhaham, and built that party as a solid alternative political force along with other established parties such as Pattaali Makkal Katchi and others. Currently organising the plantation workers all over TN and becoming a formidable political force in TN.
Name: Nalin Thakur
Email: nalint@hotmail.com
Nomination: DrAmartya Sen
Reason why: For his Nobel Prize and for giving a human dimension to the economic study.
Name: Balaji Narasimhan
Email: nbalaji@wipsys.soft.net
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is one player who has transformed the face of Indian cricket in the past one year through his brilliant exploits. I would also like to add Viswanathan Anand, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi for their superlative performance on the world stage.
Name: Diaz
Email: diaz@vsnl.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He is a symbol of simplicity, sincerity and honesty -- the very qualities that are lacking in our present society. He is an inspiration to millions of youngsters of our country.
Name: Ashit Mallick
Email: ashit_mallick@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Who else!
Name: G R Ramesh
Email: instant_contact@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He scored 10 centuries in one year -- i.e.1998 - and has still 10 years of cricket in him.
Name: Ravi Gurnani
Email: ravigurnani@hotmail.com
Nomination: Ashish Ballall
Reason why: He, the Indian hockey goalkeeper, made some really great saves against S Korea in the Asiad helping the team win the gold after 32 long years. After being controversially dropped by the IOC officials for some unknown reason, he showed them that he is the best hockey goalkeeper in India. Even if he does not become the Rediff Indian of the year, he sure is mine.
Name: Mike Masala
Email: mikemasala@rediffmail.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: Despite all the problems he has managed to keep the govt and the country going
Name: Sanket Saraf
Email: sanketsaraf@netscape.net
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For having the courage to stand by his convictions in the face of daunting odds. For placing Hyderabad on the World Map. For making Hyderabad the Bangalore of tomorrow. For bagging the Indian Business School location for his State. For a number of other achievements but above all for keeping a cool head when others near him were losing theirs.
Name: R. Narain
Email: narain@npd.ufpe.br
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Who permitted the scientists to show their mettle? And also for taking bold decisions in an uncertain political situation.
Name: Rahul
Email: rahooligan@yahoo.com
Nomination: Rahul Krishnan
Reason why: Rahul is a handsome, smart boy who uses his brain very often.
Name: Crimesh Antony
Email: crims.antony@aol.com
Nomination: Rabri Devi, J Jayalalitha
Reason why: Obvious.
Name: Epen Kuruvilla
Email: epenk@hotmail.com
Nomination: V Anand
Reason why: The only person of Indian origin in any field who has demostrated that he is among the best in the world.
Name: Hardik U
Email: hardiku@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He has single-handedly won tournaments for India, at a time when we were going through a lean phase. He has silenced all his critics (if there were any) this year, and laid to rest the debate on who is the greatest cricketer at present.
Name: Makarand
Email: makshin@yahoo.com
Nomination: Mr Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He the man! He's the one who's creating interest for India in the minds of leading IT investors. I feel he has bridged a big "information age" gap between the leading developed nations in the West and India. This has motivated not only different states but also the Central Govt to spend significant amount of time and energy in formulating India's IT policy. One of the best decisions made in our 50 year old nation.
Name: Venky K
Email: venkyk@netscape.net
Nomination: A R Rahman
Reason why: For restoring excellence to popular Indian music and for Vande Mataram -- voice of the new patriotism that is rooted in our cultural ethos yet distanced from its fractious history.
Name: P V SUBBA RAO
Email: paruchuru@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: This AP chief minister is the best CM AP has seen during the last 43 years. I feel we need more of such persons in Indian Politics. I am sure under his leadership, AP will become a paradise for industrialists, information technologists and new entrepreneurs.
Name: P RAMA KRISHNA
Email: krishtel@usa.net
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: AP's pride is neighbour's envy. Hats off for this young politician.
Name: Sunil Kalidindi
Email: sunil@advanced.org
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Represents what India can achieve.
Name: Vasantha Kumar
Email: vasanthks1@aol.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For his dedicated and inspiring work for Indian defense.
Name: Brijesh
Email: bshrivastav@esri.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The only Indian who has provided any kind of morale-boost to our population
Name: Sundeep Khanna
Email: sundeepkhanna@informconsulting.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why:
Like flies to wanton boys,
So are the bowlers to Sachin
He swats them for his sport.
Name: Nikhil
Email: nikhil@tig.com.au
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: For showing the world that an Indian could be the best in the world.
Name: Raja Chockalingam
Email: raja_chockalingam@compuware.com
Nomination: President K R Narayanan
Reason why: For sustaining hopes of honesty and sanity in politics when those are rare
Name: Subash Warrier
Email: subashw@earthlink.net
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Seems to be the only guy who makes us proud.
Name: Subhash C Devabathini
Email: 100405.543@compuserve.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is doing India proud.
Name: Gajanan B Patil
Email: gbpatil7@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: The most influential Indian across the world.
Name: Kalaikko
Email: ekalai@yahoo.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He has shown that India, even at its worst political and economical severity, can stand up to the challenges posed by the modern world.
Name: Astha Gupta
Email: agupta16@hotmail.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For having guided India's defence programs for so many years and now that some of it has borne fruit, he should definitely be congratulated by the masses. Also for his vision and dreams of India's future.
Name: B V Arun
Email: savitar@vsnl.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He has made every Indian proud. He has displayed true courage, determination and single-minded dedication to his field of activity. Qualities that are a rarity in the public figures of India
Name: Sajid Bhombal
Email: sajid@loxinfo.co.th
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is one light in India which is shining all the time. Giving us a reason to be proud of being Indians.
Name: Ramsundar Lakshminarayanan
Email: 4ram@ziplink.net
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: One who brought laurels to the country by his immaculate performances.
Name: Dr Piyush Chandra Sharma
Email: pcsharma@bom6.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Honest Politician with good intentions. He really deserves to be given a free hand in running the government. He could have done much better if he had a majority on his own. So he needs to be given leadership with majority in Parliament to judge his true strengths.
Name: Maulik Shah
Email: mauliks@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The name speaks for itself. Need I say more?
Name: Ravi
Email: raviji@mailcity.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: One Indian who shows that it is possible for an Indian to be the best in his endeavour
More
