Name: Kumblae Srinivasan
Email: kumbale@ix.netcom.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajapayee
Reason why: Managing a great country with absolute honesty even though he doesn't have majority in Parliament.

Name: Barves
Email: ssbarve@vsnl.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: For his great performance throughout the year. Our team is Tend do, Ten don't!

Name: Kannan
Email: kannan@algorithmics.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Progressive thinking and actions. Reasonable focus on bread & butter issues. Fairly healthy politics. Has set a healthy trend that other CMs can emulate.

Name: Francis D'Souza
Email: francis_dsouza@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin R Tendulkar
Reason why: He displays true dedication and commitment. His supremacy in this game has been accepted by the whole world. He has brought joy to at least 850 million Indians (if not 900 million) irrespective of cast, creed, region and religion. And for those Indians, who stay abroad, he has been the sole source of inspiration and has made all of us proud. Now we can talk of having a person in India along with other names like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa and C V Raman to name some.

Name: Surajit Agarwal
Email: surajit@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: For showing that excellence can be achieved even in a sea of mediocrity. May be that is a lesson the other 900 million of us must learn.

Name: Beena Nair
Email: nair_beena@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: His policy of universal primary education if followed in India could take India into a revolution in people empowerment and raise the standard of 6 billion Indians in a cheap and effective way. It would accomplish more than what Pokhran accomplished.

Name: S Vijayaraghavan
Email: vijayaraghavan_s@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Although heading a minority government with half-hearted, conditional support from a few regional parties, this gentle, 75-year-old statesman has had a tough time at the top. Yet he has somehow managed to stabilise the political ship and guide the nation away from the grim situation of another poll. Moreover, the so-called allies have been very selfish and given him tough time, which has passed. May god give him the strength and ability to guide our nation to better glory!

Name: Saheb
Email: saheb@netscape.net
Nomination: Bal Thackeray
Reason why: For pouring water on fire. Not allowing cricket to be played in Bombay. For letting us know which movie is suitable for us and which is not! For getting Shiv Sainiks to come out topless in front of Dilip Kumar's residence etc etc...

Name: Rishi Chandra Agarwal
Email: rishi_ca@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Good governance despite fierce odds.

Name: Nitesh Wadekar
Email: nitesh@stones.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Cause he's simply the best

Name: Savio Richards
Email: savio_richards@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: True sportsman, plays for the country and not for himself

Name: K N D Prasad
Email: kompalli.narayana.durga.prasad@sap-ag.de
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: For the level of dedication and motivation he showed and the amount of work he put in while playing for the country this year...

Name: Vinay Santurkar
Email: vinay@sybase.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Thought one can give countless reasons for nominating Sachin, here are my top 5 reasons: He is a rare winner in a country of whiners and losers. He is a universally acknowledged genius despite being born in a country where mediocrity and chalta hai attitude is pervasive. He was the only bright star in the otherwise dreary chasm that India in1998 was. He is the true "Bharat Ratna", streets ahead of the decrepit politicians who have been monopolising this award. And despite all of the above, he is a great family man and excellent human being.

Name: Sanjeev Batra
Email: sanjeev_batra@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Hi remarkable work in IT sector.

Name: Siddhartha Debgupta
Email: siddeb@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: If only all chief ministers were like him! I am not suggesting his policies are the panacea to all ills, but after the land reforms in Bengal a while back, he is the first politician to do something significant. I am sure Amartya Sen would agree!

Name: Jimutbahan De
Email: jbde@hotmail.com
Nomination: Prof Amartya Sen
Reason why: His winning the Nobel in Economics has put India's prestige again on the top of the world. The world has again witnessed that winning the world's toughest academic award is very much within the reach of an Indian.

Name: P V Gopalakrishnan
Email: GOPALAKRISHNANPV@iocl.co.in
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is not a politician, despite being one. Has shown the way for other CMs. Has been an excellent achiever and a pro-economy man notwithstanding the politicking going around every where. HOPE THE OTHER POLITICIANS WILL BORROW A LEAF FROM HIS BOOK FOR A BETTER INDIA!

Name: Bapiraju
Email: nandury@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Not a CM but a CEO. Hi-tech ideology. Unique programs that rise team spirit. Best administrator

Name: Kamesh. M . Sundaram
Email: mkamesh@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For his wonderful achievement in helping India develop the atom bomb, successfully testing them, and reinforcing India's defence structure. On the whole making every Indian feel proud of being an Indian in this great moment of the 50th anniversary of Indian Independence.

Name: Shilpa Joshi
Email: shilps_98@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: well I don't think I need any reasons to vote for this superstar. But if you insist he's a simply amazing player and a genuine person. No ego hassles despite the celebrity status.

Name: Makarla Sreedhar
Email: makarla@rocketmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: The man behind AP govt's development activities with vision and grit. No one ever had exhibited such qualities in the history of INDIA

Name: Atul
Email: atul_v@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Need I explain?

Name: Bhavani Arumbakkam
Email: narcot@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The man who was single handed-ly (pun unintended) the reason behind a victorious Cricket team on many occasions this year

Name: Sanjay Gawande
Email: sanjay@mkpi.co.id
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: After a long time we have got a sport personality whom we can be proud of. He is right on top of the world at the age of 25. All my best wishes for him.

Name: Girish Rajamani
Email: wiprogr@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Despite being brilliant, he not only chose to stay on in India but has worked his whole life in making us Indians feel proud of our country.

Name: R Venkatesh
Email: venkinikki@hotmail.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: A man of high patriotism, vision and intelligence. India salutes him.

Name: Karan Kacker
Email: kkacker@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: His form speaks for itself

Name: Thomas Jacob
Email: thomas@nest.stpt.soft.net
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: She devoted her life for the poor in India

Name: Ayush Agarwal
Email: ayush@vsnl.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: In the year of gloom when everything our country did went against us, he produced such magnificent innings. They were just a delight to watch.

Name: Malini Parmar
Email: maliniparmar@hotmail.com
Nomination: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Reason why: Hardly any support compared to her competitors. Yet she won. Her conviction in her abilities and her drive. Something all of us need to learn from her

Name: Sathya Pandalai
Email: sathyapandalai@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Dingko Singh
Reason why: For a person who was kept on the tenterhooks by the esteemed Sports Authority of India till the last moment, Mr Singh showed amazing presence of mind, by not being frustrated and when he eventually got the opportunity, showed what he is really made of. For his sheer act of winning a Gold in the Asian Games.

Name: Balaji Venkatesh
Email: balajivno1@yahoo.com
Nomination: M Karunanidhi
Reason why: This senior politician with over 50 years in public life has dedicated his entire life for uplifting the Tamil masses.

Name: Vijay Nagavarapu
Email: vijay_nvs@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: He put back India on the World map with the Nuclear tests.

Name: The Storm
Email: Storm@rediffmail.com
Nomination: Dingko Singh
Reason why: For succeeding despite the babus of Indian sports!

Name: Prasad Paradkar
Email: prasadnp@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: After so many years Indian has got the Nobel Prize.

Name: Sudesh Sharma
Email: sudeshsharma@sprint.ca
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: For his courage to stand up against the so-called developed nations by conducting nuclear tests. Further, for bringing the world opinion in India's favour.

Name: Sudheer
Email: canure@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Changed the way a politician should think/work.

Name: Venkatanarasimhan
Email: venkata.narasimhan@db.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: When our political establishment was trembling with fear of sanction here was a man with iron in heart who gave the clearance to conduct the nuclear tests.

Name: Vijay Ojha
Email: vijay_ojha@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sonia Gandhi
Reason why: For reviving India's biggest political party.

Name: Varsha Ojha
Email: varshaojha@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is a role model to other chief ministers and politicians. He makes a common Indian proud.

Name: Premila Martis
Email: pmartis@hotmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He has helped India identify one of its competitive advantage and help the IT industry grow. He is an exception to a normal Indian politician. I wish our country had many more like him.

Name: Prashant Nateri
Email: prashantnateri@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For the first time, the people of Andhra Pradesh have a reason to look forward to some development in the state. In effect, he has taken the discussion on to an altogether different, much higher and intellectual plain.

Name: Bhaskar Das
Email: bhaskar.das@nettally.com
Nomination: Dr Amartya Sen
Reason why: His work has been recognised by the world and his peers. He gave the voiceless and powerless hope. His focus on education and upliftment of women is really the only way out of the mess that the Indian society has got into.

Name: Jaganmohan Mooraka
Email: jmooraka@us.oracle.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Set the stage for AP to become IT hub. Drove AP from position12 in 1995 to 3 in 1998 in industrial growth.

Name: Sunayan Sanatani
Email: sanatani@vsnl.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The one ray of hope

Name: Vikram Rathore
Email: vickRathore@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari
Reason why: He stood for the country in spite of many odds, from within the party, the VHP, inside and outside the country. I think he made the right choices all around

Name: Pavan Vemulakonda
Email: pvemula@aol.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: The next generation politician who puts business and economy before dirty politics.

Name: Mahesh
Email:
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is one of the few politicians who has put the progress and development of his state (AP) above other things. He does not indulge in bickering over non-issues while India's economic situation is in a bad shape.

Name: Amarnath Rao
Email: amarrao@mailcity.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For Pokhran II.

Name: Ashutosh Shukla
Email: ashukla@in.ibm.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: No doubt A Sen and Pokhran were great stories but they remained on our horizon for a few weeks only. The one man who remained on our horizon day after day was Sachin. 4 centuries in finals, 21 overall... Century at Diana Memorial... where he was compard to Sir W G Grace. There are 5 Nobel laureates every year. There are numerous atomic explosions every year. But only once in 50 years a Don Bradman or Sachin is born...

Name: Chintan Shah
Email: chintans@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulker
Reason why: 'Coz he has brought cheer to all our lives this gloomy year!!

Name: Ritika Chaudhary
Email: ritika1@hotmail.com
Nomination: Shah Rukh Khan
Reason why: In an year of bomb blasts and other problems, he helped people to forget their troubles.

Name: AMIT SAMANT
Email: amsam@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartaya Sen
Reason why: The highest honour in the world going to an Indian is something unique, unusual and extremely commendable. Prof Amartya Sen shines like a beacon amidst the dreary, scary intellectual darkness of India.

Name: Vinod Nalawade
Email: Neha@elkamail.ru
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason why: Love... Affection... Protection...& Home for everyone...

Name: Rajesh Kota
Email: r.kota@gte.net
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For his efforts in the IT sector, which would certainly go a very long way in enabling India to be a prominent user and provider of information technology-related solutions.

Name: Sunil
Email: sunil@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amitabh Bachcchan
Reason why: The greatest superstar ever.

Name: Ashish Vashisht
Email: v_ashish@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Because he has won the Nobel Prize, and also happens to be an Indian. His sayings and carry the maximum importance for India. He talks about social development, education, upliftment of women... I just hope that at least now he is taken seriously!

Name: Ashwin Vaidya
Email: ashora@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Despite the handicap of heading a minority govt, Mr Vajpayee has been quietly plodding ahead. For having the guts to make India nuclear. For being an honest person, uncorrupted by the absolute power of the PM's office.

Name: Anubhava Srivastava
Email: anubhava@geocities.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: It's not only his contribution for India's nuclear tests but his way of thinking towards our nation's self reliance with a great deal of humbleness which will inspire many in the coming generations.

Name: Alok
Email: alok_lal@hotmail.com
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Helping the country become self-sufficient.

Name: Kiran Kumar
Email: gskirankumar@yahoo.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is the one man who single-handedly revolutionised the software scenario in the country. He know how to tap the potential and how to gain maximum out of it.

Name: Neeraj Awasthi
Email: n_awasthi@yahoo.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He provided a stable govt when India needed it most and that too under such impossible circumstances. All Indians are proud of him for making India a Nuclear power. He is clear in his mind about what he wants to do and has done what ever he could in the prevailing circumstances. He is the voice of India.

Name: Murthy Midathada
Email: midathada.murthy@mpactsystems.com
Nomination: Mr Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Great Politician. Great Leader. Great man like Mr Gandhi. Great Visinory...

Name: Satish Boppana
Email: satishboppana@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: For bringing momentum to the Indian politics.

Name: Vasant Kumar
Email: vasantk@best.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Sachin personified excellence and committment. A silver lining in a year of shame with the Laloo Yadavs, Ram Jethmalanis, Mulayam Singhs or for that matter all politicians causing the nation grief.

Name: Satya Rao
Email: Satya.Rao@Compaq.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: Sachin Tendulkar is a legend already and he is just 25 years of age. This year, his success has been nothing but phenomenal. He has proved to one and all that he is a cricketing genius and has everyone comparing him to the great Don of cricket. He has this year alone single-handedly won many a match for India and has kept the Indian flag flying high.

Name: Milind Borkar
Email: milindborkar@netscape.net
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the single important reason why India's first truly non-Congress govt continues to survive, thus giving a definite direction to the Indian society, and making politicians of all parties aware of the fact that performance and not charisma will henceforth matter.

Name: Ashish Chitnis
Email: Ashish_Chitnis-1@sbphrd.com
Nomination: Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: The Pokhran detonations will outlive all other events of 1997. Daringly conceived and brazenly executed, this act has served notice to the world to give India her place in the sun. As the man who nurtured indigenous technology over the decades leading up to Pokhran II, Dr Abdul Kalam is clearly the first among equals. India has acquired a world-class defence regime under his aegis. The icing on the cake is his lucid penmanship, poetic and musical talent and media savvy (contrast his Time interview with A Q Khan's).

Name: Vipul Kumar Gupta
Email: vipul_g@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Everything positive about him. A true 'working for the state and people' politician. Every CM wants to emulate him. Has vision. Has aim. There seems to be nothing negative about him. Wish him all the luck in future.

Name: Balaji Venkatraman
Email: nithya-balaji@worldnet.att.net
Nomination: N Vittal
Reason why: He had the vision, drive and the guts to give the Indian IT industry the push it desperately needed.

Name: Abdul Shareef
Email: shareeef@netscape.net
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is sincerely trying for the upliftment of AP.

Name: Shivaprasad
Email: bsshivaprasad@hotmail.com
Nomination: Vajpayee
Reason why: For making India have self pride and respect.

Name: Sekhar
Email: sekharswami@hotmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He give us the hope that politicians can after all bring about positive changes.

Name: M Prasad
Email: mprasad@hotmail.com
Nomination: N Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: Seriously, this man has put Andhra Pradesh on the world map. His words have been backed up by actions, something rare for an Indian politician in recent times!

Name: Pradeep Kumar
Email: guptapradeep@hotmail.com
Nomination: Shekhar Kapoor
Reason why: He has shown the world that India could make quality movies. He might get an Oscar for his direction in the movie Elizabeth

Name: Pradeep
Email: Pradeepk@hotmail.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason why: He is more a CEO of AP than chief minister.

Name: Padmanabh Raul
Email: raulpk@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: Able prime minister

Name: Dravid Roy
Email: dravid1@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Reason why: His achievements make better sense than the Pokhran II tests. His centuries were my best moments of 1998.

Name: Balwant N Dixit
Email: bdixit@pitt.edu
Nomination: Zakir Hussain
Reason why: Some 40 years ago, it was Pandit Ravi Shankar who brought Indian classical music to the attention of the outside world, and became the most important cultural ambassador of India. Zakir Hussain with his skill and personality has continued that work and must be recognised as an ambassador-at-large of Indian performing arts.

Name: J.Pugalendhi
Email: rekhapugal@pacific.net.sg
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For his contribution to Indian scientific developments. For Agni and other missiles and for Pokhran

Name: Joseph Pugalendhi
Email: jpugalendhi@hotmail.com
Nomination: M Karunanidhi
Reason why: For ably administrating Tamil Nadu and promoting Industrial and IT development in the state. For becoming a role model chief minister.

Name: Rekha Pugalendhi
Email: new_01@hotmail.com
Nomination: Mr J Pugalendhi
Reason why: For being a role model Husband. For being a patriotic Indian. And being a good family man.

Name: Rajesh
Email: rajeshbr@hotmail.com
Nomination: Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For the simple reason that he is one Indian who has made India realise that everything IS possible.

Name: T.Gautham Kumar
Email: gauthamt@md3.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: Father of India's Nuclear Bomb

Name: Nisha
Email: m_nisha@hotmail.com
Nomination: K R Narayanan
Reason why: For rare and admirable qualities -- integrity and dignity.

Name: Ramesh Natarajan
Email: ramesh_natarajan@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: For the sheer joyous moments he provided us during the year. For the phenomenal talent that he displayed during the year inviting raving reviews from all over the world. For his solid commitment for the cause of Indian victories. For his modesty and continued down-to-earth attitude even while the whole country is raising him to the status of god, even while advertisers are pouring more money than anyone can imagine.

Name: R Ramesh
Email: rramesh02@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: The only person who made me proud to be an Indian. Not very significant, you may say, but when there are millions along with me who say the same, it is not something; it's the only thing. As for the betting debates, he proves there are certain things that transcends commercialism, like the sheer beauty of art.

Name: M S Anand
Email: yemyes@yahoo.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: In a year of ups and downs for India, he was the beacon, who performed consistently. While others may qualify for one-off performance, our guy, "SACHIN", performed through the year. Hats off to him.

Name: Ashish Sharma
Email: ashishs@netscape.net
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason why: For having the belief to share his vision of what India can be, especially when such long-term concerns seem to be missing from the deliberations of the Indian state. For, until we all know and agree on what we need to strive for, how are we ever going to get there?

Name: V Jayaraman
Email: vjay202@hotmail.com
Nomination: Amartya Sen
Reason why: Indians have not been doing well when it comes to international recognition, be it in sports, science or any other. Our concern has unfortunately been limited to politics and cinema, spoiling young Indians' minds. there are no role models for young indians to feel proud of. in these circumstances, Dr Sen's winning the Nobel, that too in economics dealing with poor people, has come as big shot in the arm. His concern for literacy for all to reduce the economic imbalance is a wise man's unbiased statement, not withstanding skewed opinions from religious fundamentalist(s) who have more interest in keeping the public away from education. Dr Sen's winning is the most positive thing to happen on the Indian horizon. Let it open the floodgate of more international recognition to India in the New Millennium.

Name: Anil Kumar R
Email: anilraichoty@hotmail.com
Nomination: Sachin Tendulkar
Reason why: He has performed consistently and has contributed when the country needed him the most. He is a brilliant batsman.

Name: karthik
Email: charlie_karthik@hotmail.com
Nomination: The Great Indian Middle-Class
Reason why: It survived1998!!!!!

Name: G Venugopal
Email: venug@vsnl.com
Nomination: The Indian citizen
Reason why: He has put up with a lot - the present non-governance, high prices of essential commodities, rising violence, strikes, bandhs , tantrums of degenerated politicians... Now he has even started showing the signs of indicating who is the boss. He will come out on top in the not too far future.

Name: Vaibhav Pandhari
Email: vpandhari@kanbay.com
Nomination: Dr A P J Abdul Kalam and a pool of scientists
Reason why: For the tremendous boost they have given to India with their yeomen contribution not only in Nuclear physics but in Space Technology, Missile Development Programme etc.

Name: Tushar Chakravarty
Email: TCHAKRAVARTY@HOTMAIL.COM
Nomination: Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: He is the symbol of an honest person working against tremendous odds. He has to deal with a bunch of corrupt, self-centred, self-seeking colleagues and opposition, and a short-sighted RSS.