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As the award season begins, there is much anticipation in air for the “The Indian of the Year” award to be announced later this month.

To be conferred by the New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV), the award recognises Indian citizens who have brought glory to the nation through their achievements.

As many as 27 eminent personalities have been nominated for the awards— of which The Indian Express is an associate sponsor— in seven categories of politics, sports, business, cinema, music, unsung heroes and NRI.

The nominations in the politics category are varied with veteran leaders like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha LK Advani, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and former President APJ Abdul Kalam. All five nominations in the category represent the nominees’ commitment to democracy and public welfare and reflect on their popularity and ability to communicate.

The sports category has four nominations from the field of chess, tennis, cricket and football. Cricketer MS Dhoni, World Chess Champion Vishwanathan Anand, Captain of the Indian Football team Baichung Bhutia and tennis player Sania Mirza are among the nominees.

The nominations in the category of Cinema has highly acclaimed actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Rajnikanth, Shilpa Shetty and singer-turned-actor Himesh Reshammiya and the 16 reel-life state champions who came together to form a national hockey team in the movie Chak De India.

Five nominees for the award in the global Indian category are Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Indira Nooyi, CEO of Vodafone Group plc Arun Sarin, Chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change RK Pachauri and film director Mira Nair.

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Indian of the yearBy: Praveen | 20-Jan-2009 Reply | Forward I am not able to figure out how and why Manmohan Singh, LK Advani, Mayawati, Prakash Karat can receive indian of the year.what are their contribution in the last year. I donot find these people to be idolised for any reason except that these people have gained height on personal front.Our existing home minister P. Chidumbaram is fer better than these bunch of jokers

Indian in different categoryBy: Sanjay Kumar Singh | 23-Dec-2008 Reply | Forward political Leader for the year 2008 will be Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam,In Music it will be AR Rahman, In Business category it will Mukesh Ambani,In sports it will be Viswanathan Anand,and the indian of the Year must be given to Indian Security Guards like mumbai police, NSG Commandoes, Indian Navy and all the staff of Taj, Oberoi-Trident staff....