Name:Prashant Verma
Email:vermap@technologist.com
Nomination:Dr A P J Abdul Kalam
Reason:His achievments need no introduction. He is a person who has sacrificed everything, even his personal life, for the sake of science and the nation. One of the few truly great Indians in the contemporary era.

Name: Annamalai
Email: annam@post1.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason: For his dedication to his job & country. Anybody with his calibre would have migrated to the US or elsewhere.

Name: Harshad Rao
Email: harshad.rao@mcdermott.com
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason: Simple. He is the only one to have achieved success in spite of the system. The Teresas & the Roys were individuals working outside the system and had the freedom to give their best. But to succeed and achieve technological brilliance sitting in the midst rotten self-serving politicians, sychophants and corrupt beaurocrats requires patience, grit and determination which Dr Kalaam has shown. He is a true son of the soil!

Name: Cecil Joseph
Email: cecil@emirates.net.ae
Nomination:Mother Teresa
Reason why: The personification of humility and godliness with an undying love for mankind, Mother Teresa has through her life's endeavours left an indelible imprint on the people's minds about the meaning of love. Love, according to her, is never ending. Love never expects anything in return.

Name: Rajesh Gadiyar
Email: rajesh@trillium.com
Nomination: K R Narayanan
Reason:President K R Narayananan did an exemplary job during the Uttar Pradesh imbroglio, which does not have a precedence in the Indian democracy. He proved that he is more than a mere rubber stamp. Kudos to him and Indian democracy!

Name: Krishna Reddy
Email: kreddy@iname.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason: Chandrababu Naidu is the most efficient and dynamic man in the recent past.

Name: Dr Manzoor Ahmad
Email: ahmad1@jeflin.tju.edu
Nomination: Dr A P J Abul Kalam
Reason:Dr Kalam has through his dedication and sincerity achieved for India what every Indian should be proud of. He continues to work for the country's honour and dignity, utilizing indigenous sources in missile and space research.

Name: Suresh L Kumar - LSK
Email: lskumar@hotmail.com
Nomination:Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason:Undoubtedly, this great scientist has put India on a very firm ground, enabling it to ward off external threats. He has proved that we are self-sufficient. Dr Kalam has done us proud, specially our scientific community which is still working in difficult circumstances. Jai Hind !

Name: Yogita
Email: Ykanan@biochem.okstate.edu
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason: For making this country a missle nation and a force to reckon with.

Name: prembhari thakkar
Email: sunida@bom3.vsnl.net.in
Nomination:Purno A Sangma
Reason: For maintaining the dignity of Parliament. For salvaging our faith in the system by proving that there are still some good people at the top.

Name: prembhari
Email: sunida@bom3.vsnl.net.in
Nomination: The man in the street
Reason: For putting up with the nonsense in Delhi and still being patient and hopeful for India and its future.

Name: Felix K. Mathews
Email: mathews@iname.com
Nomination: Mother Teresa
Reason: She became an Indian by choice to help the poor and suffering.

Name: Sridhar Rajan
Email: srajan@bigfoot.com
Nomination: Asha Bhonsle
Reason: She has bridged the generation gap on the strength of her talent and unwillingness to compromise. Her fan-following spans the five decades of independent India. Today, perhaps more than any other time, Asha Bhonsle represents the pan-Indian face.

Name: R Seshadri
Email: sesha@miel.mot.com
Nomination:Leander Paes
Reason: For his gutsy performance all round the year. His performance has been very un-Indian and hence he is the best Indian of 97.

Name: Atul Tandon
Email: atul_tandon@yahoo.com
Nomination:Pandurang Athavale
Reason:His contribution to the mankind cannot just be gauged by the number of international awards he has got for his selfless service. He has taught millions of people across the world to respect and care for their fellow brethren irrespective of their caste, creed , religion, etc.

Name: Anoop Gidwani
Email: gidwani@hkstar.com
Nomination: Leander Paes
Reason: For reaching unconquered heights, without any support from outside.

Name: dinkar rao
Email: andrewsgate@msn.com
Nomination:K P S Gill
Reason:Preserving India's integrity

Name: Prathap Haridoss
Email: prathap@cae.wisc.edu
Nomination: The Indian
Reason: For the remarkable resilience, good cheer and undying spirit in the face of one dissappointment after another. I remember a remark from a westerner, "...there is so much poverty, and yet there is so much happiness, I can never explain it." For maintaining that tenacious fabric of Indianness despite repeated attempts by a few to fragment it.

Name: ashfaq assadi
Email: sleepdoc@norfolk.infi.net
Nomination:Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason:For his contribution to Indian space research.

Name:P R vivek
Email: vivpr@hotmail.com
Nomination: Arundathi Roy
Reason:A single-handed effort that has won Indian literature global recognition.

Name: R Subramanian
Email: gurukumar@post1.com
Nomination: Verghese Kurien
Reason:The milk emperor has shown the spirit of India in the face of stiff competition and criticism from the MNCs. Co-operatives have touched millions like no other planned action in the history of this country. He is the epitome of work culture, which we Indians need badly.

Name: Harish Dorai
Email: hdorai@mailcity.com
Nomination:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason:He is the only man capable of leading India into the 21st century.

Name: Siva Sethuraman
Email: sxs77@psu.edu
Nomination: Dr Abdul Kalam
Reason: I am not supporting Dr Kalam just because he has been awarded the 'Bharat Ratna' which, by the way, does not mean much these days!
I would like to salute the entire DRDO for their dedicated efforts but since I am allowed to nominate only one person, I nominate Dr Abdul Kalam.

Name: KRISHNA
Email:
Nomination:Rajnikant
Reason: For dethroning Jayalalitha and not aspiring for power in spite of the mass support and for not interfering with government functioning.

Name: Rashid Zafer
Email: rashid@writeme.com
Nomination:Mother Teresa
Reason: Do you still need a reason for her?

Name: V. Jaishankar
Email: jaishankar@usa.net
Nomination: MOTHER TERESA
Reason:For her selfless service to humanity and the whole world. She was a living legend.

Name: Krishna Mehta
Email: mehtakk@chip.cba.ufl.edu
Nomination: Leander Paes
Reason: For being a shining star in the dark Indian horizon.

Name: Shailesh Saoji
Email: ssaoji@ix.netcom.com
Nomination: Sitaram Kesri
Reason why: For bringing down two national governments in a classic Congress tradition of "Kissa Kursi Ka". He is a prime example of why politics is the worst-rated occupation in India. Finally in the golden jubilee year of Indian Independence, he has driven the last nail in the Congress conffin.

Name: D. Anil Kumar
Email: anil@satyam.com
Nomination: Saurav Ganguly
Reason:Because time and again during the year, through his consistent and dogged performance, he has made us proud.

Name: Srinivasa R. Danda
Email: sdandax@ichips.intel.com
Nomination: Chandrababu Naidu
Reason: He is one of the very few brilliant, innovative and dynamic politicians.

Name: Vishal Aggarwal
Email: vishalaggarwal@hotmail.com
Nomination: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Reason why: In the age of scams and unstability, it is very difficult to find a person who could lead India into the next century. Vajpayee is the only person, it seems, with his integrity and sincerety, India's only hope.