Name: Sachin Jain
Email: sachinja@hotmail.com
Nomination: Jyotirmoi Sikdar
Reason why: For winning glory for India at the Asian Games.

Name: S Hyderi
Email: drhyderi@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: He made the dream of everyone come true.

Name: Ashit R Modi
Email: ashitmodi@hotmail.com
Nomination: All Members of the Parliament
Reason why: By their exemplary behaviour, they have proved to the World that India is not a Democracy.

Name: Anil Chitre
Email: amey3@magix.com.sg
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A honest politician. Shows he has India at heart. Wants to improve the common man's lot

Name: Tejal Kamdar
Email: tejal75@hotmail
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He has made India feel proud in the field of cricket.

Name: Sreeram
Email: sribop@yahoo.com
Nomination: Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Great leader

Name: Vivek
Email: vverma@mindspring.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He had the guts to do what nobody did since Indira Gandhi. So far his administration has also done a satisfactory job of shutting up the US and Pakistan diplomatically.

Name: Gurudas Pai
Email: gurudas.pai@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the excellent leadership provided to the country with a long term vision.

Name: Hemant Kataria
Email: koolkats@iname.com
Nomination: Leander Paes/Mahesh Bhupati
Reason why: These guys made us more proud than any other during the whole year. While others were good, their triumph lasted only for a few days. These guys flew the Indian flag day after day in one country or the another and did it in style!

Name: Pradeep Thukral
Email: pradeep@aisgl.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abul Kalam
Reason why: For his single-minded pursuit to see India as a Powerful Nation in the world order.

Name: Harish Tejwani
Email: htejwani@hss.hns.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: The person who has made India self-sufficient in meeting her defence needs. He gave all Indians a sense of pride.

Name: Ranjani
Email:
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: U actually want me 2 justify my nomination?? Where have u been when the 'little man' achieved all those MASSIVE FEATS??

Name: Madhu
Email: madhu_k60
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: First of all he is a great visionary. He proved that leadership is action not merely a position. He works 18 hours a day for the people of his state. He set SEVERAL examples for all the youth not only in AP but all over INDIA.

Name: Pramod Kumar
Email: prammad@emirates.net.ae
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A moderate. Conscious about his image. Wants to carry his team along with him. Given time, he can implement the needed reforms in infrastructure. He intends to bring legislation for minimising corruption, criminilisation etc.

Name: Mohammed Mamoola
Email: m_mamoola@hotmail.com
Nomination: Indian scientists
Reason why: They made India proud. Now the US has to think twice before bossing over India. They created a scare among the other nations that a Third World country like India can also shine

Name: Ravikumar Dhandivel
Email: rdhandivel@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: We need a very active politician, who is interested in the future of India. Mr Naidu is that man.

Name: Rahul Vadodkar
Email: rahulsv@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: This was a tough one. The year when a young star blazes the cricket ground, an old man wins the Nobel Prize. With due respect to Mr Sen, I have to admit that although I am proud of his winning, I must vote for Sachin.

Name: Gaurav Sabharwal
Email: gaurav_saby@hotmail.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam with the B-Gang
Reason why: The fact that the scientific advisor has been the moving force behind the tests. It is an achievement to be proud of not only because of the nationalistic leanings but also the scientific advancement which is not dependent on either the Americans or the British or the Russians.

Name: Iqbal Ahmed
Email: schemuna@bom5.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Laloo Prasad Yadav
Reason why: Has made people think seriously about the credentials of politicians. Proved emphatically that a democracy can create havoc Real representative of the majority Indians, who are illiterate, naïve and insensitive to their plight.

Name: Puneet Munjal
Email: puneet_munjal
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For the yeoman service he has rendered to the nation by striving for a self-reliant India. He has been the single largest motivator in our quest for self-reliance in the area defence preparedness.

Name: Suresh
Email: aiyar@hotmail.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For steering India ahead in tough times with economic reforms much inconsistent with his party's swadeshi policies

Name: Rupesh Kumar
Email: rupesh@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Created IT awarness in India.

Name: Ravi Narayan
Email: vsravi@altavista.net
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is ruling the country well in spite of having opposition leaders like Sonia Gandhi and untrustworthy alliances like that with the AIADMK.

Name: S Vaithees Kumar
Email: svk_98@hotmail.com
Nomination: J Jayalalitha & Laloo Yadav
Reason why: For showing all Indians why they don't need separate reservation for women, baring the true colours of the BJP, making everybody understand how low politics can get and being in the NEWS throughout the year.

Name: Ram Kalyanasundaram
Email: savi-ram@worldnet.att.net
Nomination: Murasoli Maran
Reason why: Best Investor-Friendly Industries Minister

Name: Vikas Verma
Email: vikas2@rediff.com
Nomination: Dinko Singh
Reason why: He personifies the never-say die spirit which is lacking in most of us. How I wish that I had a couples of Dinkos' in my office. Getting job satisfaction would be easy.

Name: Pradeep Goel
Email: pradeepgoel@hotmail.com
Nomination: Nitin Gambhir
Reason why: He is one of the brightest young Indian financiers of the current generation. Having broken through the higher echelons of the Wall Street before the age of 30, he is ready to light up the world of hedge funds and Internet finance.

Name: Raghavendra K
Email: kraghavendra@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: At least now, Indian politicians are not jokers. The best thing that can happen to India is to have a politician with some brains. He is the one such.

Name: Gopalakrishnan.P.
Email: goparna@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Although one is tempted to take the easy way out nominating Sachin, the truth is that the economy overrides all other factors. On that front, Naidu has been the front-runner. If we had 10 more Naidus ruling the states India can outperform or equal China's achievemnts in the next 5 years.

Name: Anindya Talukdar
Email: anindya@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Amongst the ullus and Lolitas, Amartya stands out. Amartya has proven time and again that he cares for the upliftment of the people in India. It's his good intentions that endears him to me.

Name: R M Mallik
Email: emgncv786@aol.com
Nomination: Abul Kalam
Reason why: He has dedicated his life and remarkable talent for INDIA!

Name: Anand Acharya
Email: anandastro@yahoo.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: The great man won the highest honour in the world, the Nobel Prize, and proved that India is the country where great people are born.

Name: Puneet Dhar
Email: dpuneet@wipinfo.soft.net
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For having the guts to go nuclear. Will benefit India in the long run.

Name: Neeraj Dixit
Email: neerajdixit@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A person with the cleanest image. A person with strong fundamentals. A person to whom nobody bears grudges. A moderate PM who can carry all the coalition members along.