The Nominations...
Name: Arindra Datta
Email: tublu@cal3.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Narayanamurthy, Infosys
Reason why: For his contribution towards the advancement of the information technology industry in our country and for bringing India to the forefront among other world leaders in the field like the US.
Name: SONYA
Email: sonya@owmnahar.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: For winning the Nobel Prize.
Name: Usha
Email: devi_usha@hotmail.com
Nomination: Kargil heroes
Reason why: They have taught us to be proud to be Indians.
Name: Satish kochar
Email: s_kochar@usa.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For being re-elected as prime minister despite the many odds that were stacked against him.
Name:sridhar
Email: sridhar_w@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Reason why: The way he had handled the Kargil war and went ahead with nuclear testing setting aside the world's opinion on the matter, is admirable. And now, even though he appears to be reacting rather slowly, one is confident that he will get the better of the hijackers who have hijacked the Indian Airlines aircraft from Kathmandu.
Name: A prashant babu
Email: apbabu@rediff.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has succeeded in improving Andhra Pradesh in every respect.
Name: Jaikamal
Email: jaikamal@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Homi Bhabha
Reason why: A pioneer in atomic research, he was far ahead of his times.
Name: martin AP
Email: martinalakat@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For working to strengthen the IT industry and for being a good leader.
Name:Shayak Banerjee
Email: shyamal@ezone.com
Nomination: Sabeer Bhatia
Reason why: Strengthening the IT industry will put India on the road to development. It was Sabeer Bhatia who showed the world, and more importantly, other Indians, that we are capable of developing this field.
Name: Devang B Shah
Email: db_shah@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Reason why: A strong man who kept India united during the freedom struggle and had the courage to take hard decisions when the need arose. If only he had become the prime minister instead of Jawaharlal Nehru, today we would have been the number one country in the world.
Name: ramanpreet singh
Email: rampy_99@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A great prime minister!
Name: monesh d mohan
Email: d_mohan@vsnl.com
Nomination: The soldiers who laid down their lives during the Kargil conflict
Reason why: It is difficult to nominate one person for this title. I give my vote to all those soldiers who gave up their lives for our sakes and all those who were wounded just so that peace prevails and our territorial integrity is protected.
Name: topsel pvt ltd
Email: topsel@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the most experienced politician of the millennium who has the ability to run a country like India with all its diversities.
Name: Anil Kumar
Email: anilkv@axis.com
Nomination: Azim Premji
Reason why: The epitome of a successful entrepreneur, he showed the way for the Indian software industry to move into the next millennium.
Name: rajan shah
Email: rajanshah@ip.eth.net
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He ensured that we got our independence through non-violent means.
Name: Shyam S
Email: shakalakababy@rediffmail.com
Nomination: The soldiers who laid down their lives to ensure India's victory in the Kargil war.
Reason why: That is the most supreme sacrifice anybody can make.
Name: niladri
Email: duttandassociates@vsnl.com
Nomination: Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: He was the main catalyst for India's freedom movement.
Name: saurabh chainwala
Email: saurabhchainwala@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He was toppled over by a woman, he was betrayed by his neighbouring country who he attempted to befriend, yet he returned to power. He also handled the Kargil crisis efficiently.
Name: Sanjay Raina
Email: shanky_raina@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is like a whiff of fresh air in the Indian political scene. He is diplomatic, honest and down-to-earth. Under his leadership, India has gained in stature internationally. He is also fiercely patriotic.
Name: pushkar inamdar.
Email: pushkar_inamdar@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He handled the Kargil situation very efficiently. He has succeeded in improving India's international relations and can take hard decisions.
Name: suresh ambati
Email: suresh456@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has ensured that Andhra Pradesh has become a well developed state with his focus on developing the IT industry and improving the electricity supply among other things.
Name: sundar
Email: ss@oncology.org
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the way he handled the Kargil issue.
Name: Gopinathapai
Email: gopinathapai@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: There is no better leader who can lead India just now. Vajpayee has 45 years experience in politics behind him. He is a noble and an able leader who made India a nuclear power and is leading the country into the next millennium as a much stronger power.
Name: Michael
Email: kerncounty@aol.com
Nomination: Akshaye Khanna
Reason why: He is the best Indian actor I have seen.
Name: sanjay kapadia
Email: s_kapadia@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He is an awesome cricketer, a national treasure and an ideal role model for Indians!
Name: sekar
Email: sekar_1@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: At this point of time, when every country is surging ahead, India is still lagging behind in terms of economic development. It is not as if we do not have the talent or the ability to move with the times. For instance, if we follow Naidu's example, learn from the way he has transformed Andhra Pradesh, we will go a long way.
Name: Vinod Kumar .K.
Email: kadadivinodh@yahoo.com
Nomination: Laloo Prasad Yadav
Reason why: Not many politicians can destroy a state as shamelessly as he has done in Bihar.
Name: I Veeramani
Email: bravebell@usa.net
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He fought for and got us our freedom.
Name: Rohit Parulekar
Email: rohitap@hotmail.com
Nomination: M K Gandhi
Reason why: For winning us our freedom.
Name: Aprajita
Email: aprajita_o@hotmail.com
Nomination: N R Narayanamurthy
Reason why: It is he who led us into the twenty-first century in the true sense of the term and made India known globally for its software potential.
Name: T.S. Viswanathan
Email: tsv@math.tifrbng.res.in
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Atalji belongs to the rare breed of politicians who have a clean image. Having been in politics for more than half a century, a creative and erudite person, a bold and shrewd politician who believes in the delegation of authority, he has proved to be the only person capable of holding together conflicting ideologies, making India a technology savvy and an economically stable country which can march confidently into the next millennium.
Name: sanjay gupta
Email: 98cc07@ganga.mnrec.ernet.in
Nomination: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
Reason why: For qualifying for all the four Grand Slam finals and winning two of them.
Name: chetna vora
Email: zipc526@bom7.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: A good leader and the only one to have appealed equally to both the rich and the poor.
Name: adds
Email: addy_pal@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: For being compassionate, humble and peace loving and for spreading happiness among the poor and needy.
Name: Ashutosh Upadhyay
Email: ashu_buis@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For the successes in Pokhran and Kargil.
Name: Venkatesh
Email: venkatpvb@hotmail.com
Nomination: The Indian people
Reason why: For suffering our politicians and yet looking with hope towards the new millennium.
Name: N R KORANNE
Email: KORANNE@ROLTANET.COM
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: An honest, selfless and experienced politician well versed in Indian and international politics and a thorough gentleman.
Name: ramesh k
Email: k_s_ram@mailcity.com
Nomination: The soldiers who fought in Kargil
Reason why: They have done a great service to the nation.
Name: shakeel
Email: shakeel_ahmed12
Nomination: Indira Gandhi
Reason why: A dynamic leader with a zeal to develop the country.
Name: sunil
Email: sunil_g_nair
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For the first time in India a politician has proved that our system, society as a whole, can be improved.
Name: srinjoy bagchi
Email: bagchisrinjoy@hotmail.com
Nomination: N R Narayanamurthy
Reason why: For making Infosys the top software firm in India.
Name: amit mukherjee
Email: mou_ar
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He was the only person who gave us some hope in a year of despair and frustrations.
Name: Rm H Manion
Email: mousemanion@rediff.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the best prime minister independent India has had.
Name: s chockalingam
Email: chocks_madurai@hotmail.com
Nomination: Narayanamurthy, Infosys
Reason why: He has put India on the world map by creating a world class product. He has also created wealth for his investors, something that has not been achieved by anybody in the past.
Name: vijaya gopalkrishnan
Email: vijus_99@yahoo.com
Nomination: The Indian jawan
Reason why: By far the most patriotic of Indians, he fearlessly surmounted all the odds to raise the Indian flag on our annexed territory. In a war that was unnecessary, the nameless, faceless jawan emerged the silent victor.
Name: ajay
Email: ajay_-pv_77
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: It is under his leadership that India has become so powerful.
Name: Mohan M Jasti
Email: jastimmohan@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For his new ideas and policies. He is the ideal chief minister for the new millennium.
Name: MV Balasubrahmanyam
Email: mvbalu@paragonsolutions.com
Nomination: Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He changed the mindset of the politicians in his team. Other chief ministers are following in his footsteps.
Name: Radhika Ananthachari
Email: radhika_a37@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: She cared for the poor and is looked upon by them as god.
Name: rishabh bhandari
Email: junkie_philosopher@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
Reason why: By winning the Grand Slam titles, they have achieved what was so far considered to be unattainable.
Name: Srikanth
Email: sriturl@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: The most dynamic person in the Indian political arena and probably the only politician with vision.
Name: Deepak
Email: sharma_d@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He taught world what freedom means!
Name: Sandeep Kapur
Email: kapur_sandeep@rediff.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: This divine soul taught the world how to fight for our rights peacefully. He gave the world the philosophy of non-violence. We owe our independence to him.
Name: K B Ramani
Email: balaramani@hotmail.com
Nomination: Rabri Devi
Reason why: This near illiterate could run a state successfully through mobile phone, after attending to her household chores. It might just be a good idea to send her to Kandahar to get the hostages released by negotiating with the terrorists and offering them some part of Bihar instead of Kashmir!
Name: Rahul Khosla
Email: khoslarahul@hotmail.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For handling the Kargil conflict in a very diplomatic manner.
Name: Bobbie Pinto
Email: bobbie@icenet.net
Nomination: The common man
Reason why: He has managed to survive another year despite our great politicians and bureaucrats doing all they can to make his life difficult.
Name: Shridhar Deshpande
Email: deshpandesa@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For providing good leadership, for the decisiveness and statesmanship he showed during the Kargil conflict, for deft handling of his coalition partners and for lifting the nation's spirits.
Name: poonam
Email: polaris_party@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He made India a free country.
Name: kunal bhandari
Email: kunal_bhandari@usa.net
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has provided us with a stable government despite the many efforts of the opposition parties to destabilise him and his government. He has proved himself during the Kargil conflict.
Name: R damodara rao
Email: damu_rao@yahoo.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: The one man responsible for making India a nuclear power.
Name: Krishna B Kumar
Email: kbkumar@usc.edu
Nomination: N R Narayanamurthy, chairman and CEO, Infosys
Reason why: For striving under conditions that were not the most conducive to entrepreneurship to create a world class organisation, for adhering to his principles, for being a stickler for detail, for goading himself, his employees, and indeed the whole country towards perfectionism when "chaltha hai" used to be the attitude, for being at least 30 years ahead of his time. Above all, for inspiring countless people by sheer example and proving that wonders can be achieved in the business world through application, grit, honesty, compassion, and earnestness, qualities that tend to be cynically brushed aside today.
Name: bapu
Email: bapu@isu.iisc.ernet.in
Nomination: Asha Bhonsle
Reason why: A great and versatile singer.
Name: ashish Srivastava
Email: tinku@hotmail.com
Nomination: N R Narayanamurthy
Reason why: He is one of the few people who are taking India into the new millennium in the true sense. He has shown that even in India you can be honest and rich. (I am speaking from experience as I work for Infosys Tech. Ltd). My opinion could be biased but I try to look around and can't find anyone who has changed our perception of India as much as he has.
Name: Ashok
Email: ashok2000@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has changed the political scenario with his positive and sincere approach to politics.
Name: gaurav khandelwal
Email: gauravkk@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the best politician we have, one who can make India a better place to live in in the next millennium.
Name: viswanath
Email: viswanath@eth.net
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He held India together in its hour of crisis -- the Kargil conflict.
Name: Gajanan Balasubramaniam
Email: gajjub@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For dealing with the Kargil crisis so efficiently, for changing the image of the BJP, for being uncorrupted and for giving direction to the country's economy.
Name: Ramakrishnan Sritharan
Email: sri_ramakrishnan@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He has proved to be a consistent prime minister despite the problems created by his allies, by our neighbouring state etc.
Name: sagarika ganguly
Email: sagarika_g@rediff.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: For his strong determination.
Name: Kamal Taparia
Email: ktaparia@hotmail.com
Nomination: Narayanamurthy, Infosys
Reason why: In a year of disasters in all fields -- political turmoil, Kargil conflict, drop in industry outputs, natural calamities multiplied by the government's inability to handle these disasters -- India has only one thing to be proud of: The success of Infosys. It got itself listed in the US stock exchange, multiplied the stock rate by ten folds in couple of months, a real success story which informs the world of India's brilliance.
Name: Raj Sodhi
Email: ritu@gte.net
Nomination: Defence forces
Reason why: For protecting our integrity and doing us proud.
Name: UDAY KOTAHWALA
Email: www.Khushikotahwala@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is Mr Clean in the current political scenario, the only leader with some principles.
Name: Dhakshinamoorthy
Email: sdmoorthy@writeme.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For of his contribution to the IT industry.
Name: Dr Gurubachan Singh
Email: dr_gurubachan@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has proved that hard work and sincerity pay. He has set an example and other chief ministers are now trying to emulate him.
Name: Vimala Bai. Chicago.
Email: gopinathapai@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A veteran leader who can lead India effectively, a leader with an untarnished image.
Name: JAYANT
Email: jayanth_tagore@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is the leader of the new breed of politicians who will work for the people and lead our nation into the new millennium.
Name: Prakash
Email: prakashd@tantriks.com
Nomination: Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi
Reason why: They showed that Indians too can actually come out as winners.
Name: P K Sanghi
Email: pksanghi@yahoo.com
Nomination: Arundhati Roy
Reason why: For creating an awareness about environmental issues among the educated section of society.
Name: Maneesh Agarwal
Email: maneesh@pascal.ece.iisc.ernet.in
Nomination: J N Tata
Reason why: Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata (1839-1904) was an extraordinary man who, even towards the end of the nineteenth century, was convinced that the future progress of the country depended crucially on research in science and engineering. The Indian Institute of Science is a great example of his work.
Name: M Srinivas
Email: ms@scada.cmcltd.com
Nomination: Baba Amte
Reason why: For his service to mankind.
Name: harishanakar
Email: hsahankar@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Shah Rukh Khan
Reason why: He is a great actor.
Name: Vivekanandan S T
Email: erodevivek@rediff.com
Nomination: Our Kargil heroes
Reason why: They sacrificed their lives for the country.
Name: kedarnath
Email: kedarn@vsnl.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: The only Indian who made the country proud this year by winning the Nobel Prize.
Name: Lakshminarayana
Email: l_kumble@hotmail.com
Nomination: N R Narayanamurthy
Reason why: He envisioned a path-breaking strategy amidst competition from global giants to achieve unparalleled success in a very short span of time.
Name: ritu
Email: wonder.won@usa.net
Nomination: Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma
Reason why: A President we were proud of.
Name: P NITHYAPRIYA
Email: PRIRAJSMP@REDIFF.COM
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A very talented and capable statesman.
Name: Harish Subramanian
Email: harish0007@yahoo.com
Nomination: The Indian soldier
Reason why: Only he can fight in the icy heights of the Himalayas with sheer grit and determination.
Name: CHANDRASHEKARA N
Email: chandru_g73@yahoo.com
Nomination: Amitabh Bachchan
Reason why: He is the undisputed hero of the twentieth century. How can anyone forget his acting in Sholay, Sharabi and other films?
Name: aktalwar
Email: aktalwar@bol.net.in
Nomination: Sonia Gandhi
Reason why: Continues to be in politics and head the oldest political party in the country.
Name:ashoo
Email: asaan36@hotmail.com
Nomination: Martyrs of Kargil
Reason why: They laid down their lives for the sake of their country.
Name:Mnadar Deo
Email: deomandar@hotmail.com
Nomination: A B Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the only person who has brought stability to Indian politics. For the first time, the country is in good hands.
Name: PRADEEP KUMAR
Email: pradeepkk@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: It is his charisma that won him and his allies power. The government he heads is providing the country with much needed stability. Besides, he ensured India's victory in the Kargil war..
Name: J R S Reddy
Email: rreddy5@ford.com
Nomination: Yukta Mookhey
Reason why: In a year of many drawbacks (Kargil, cricket losses, the cyclone in Orissa, the hijack of the Indian Airlines aircraft etc) at least one thing came as a whiff of fresh air --- Yukta winning the Miss World crown.
Name: Sreejith Bhaskaran
Email: sreejithb@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: He won freedom for India through non-violent methods.
Name: K Swaminathan
Email: kswaminathan@afl.co.in
Nomination: Narayanamurthy, chairman, Infosys
Reason why: For making a truly global IT giant in India and for his professionalism.
Name: sashi K
Email: sashikoottaplavil@rediffmai.com
Nomination: Mahatma Gandhi
Reason why: Gandhiji, the apostle of non-violence, freedom, equality and love should be the choice of all the people irrespective of religion, caste, creed, nationality, etc.
Name: UNNATI
Email: unnati@roltanet.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Because he is the best cricketer not only in India but also in the world. Even Sir Don Bradman, the most respected cricketer in the world, has complimented him!
Name: Sathya
Email: sathya_b@rediffmail.com
Nomination: The heroes of the Kargil War
Reason why: Nothing needs to be said about our warriors who braved all odds to defend us.
Name: rosy
Email: blr_rosymami_miz@hotmail_com
Nomination: Indira Gandhi
Reason why: She brought us international recognition.
Name: abhisheka jain
Email: abhishekaitbhu@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: A Nobel Prize winner for peace, she spread the message of peace and harmony in the world.
Name: divya kapoor
Email: divy.kapoor@maicity.com
Nomination: Rahul Dravid
Reason why: An excellent player!
Name: KAMALAKARAM
Email: kamalakaram@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: An able prime minister.
Name: Nandini Sen
Email: nan_sen@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He returned as the prime minister after the re-elections. He stood his ground on the Kargil issue and seems to be the right leader to take us into the new millennium.
Name: sandeep gadgil
Email: sandeepgadgil@123india.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: A great politician.
Name: mandar bhagwat
Email: mandarbhagwat@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He won the elections and prevented a foreigner from becoming India's prime minister, for his strong reaction to the invasion in Kargil and an uncorrupted and a great statesman.
Name: amit kumar
Email: ishmalty_007@rediff.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He is a great scientist who made India a nuclear power.
Name: Ranbir Krishan
Email: rkrishan@yahoo.com
Nomination: N R Narayanamurthy
Reason why: His company, Infosys, is an example of transparency in corporate disclosures and it kept the Sensex flying high in 1999.
Name: sadhana
Email: sadhana_love@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has made Hyderabad the centre of both national and international attention for all the right reasons.
Name: V.Iyer
Email: vishuiyer@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Unarguably the best cricketer of the century.
Name: pia sethi
Email: mailpia@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He heads a stable government and has been able to overcome one crisis after another.
Name: m karthik swaminathan
Email: mkarthik@it.vec.ac.in
Nomination: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Reason why: He was one of the greatest Indians to walk this earth. Even though he opposed Gandhiji's philosophy of ahimsa, he was truly a noble man and a great humanitarian.
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