Soon we'll know the winner of
Forbes India's Person of the Year 2009. The 21 nominees are:
1.
A.R. Rahman, Music Composer (he composed soundtrack of
Slumdog Millionaire)
2.
Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson, Hindustan Times Group
3.
Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India
4.
Chetan Bhagat, Author
5.
Lalit Modi, Commissioner, Indian Premier League
6.
Facebook, everybody's Man Friday to connect with humanity
7.
Pranav Mistry, Student and Inventor
8.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Captain, Indian Cricket Team
9.
Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group
10.
K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India
11.
Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary,
Congress Party
12.
Karambir Kang, General Manager, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai
13.
Anjali Gopalan, Founder, The Naz Foundation
14.
Kiran Karnik, Interim Chairman,
Satyam Computer Services
15.
Mehmood Khan, Managing Trustee, Rasuli Kanwar Khan Trust
16.
Rahul Dhir, CEO, Cairn India
17.
Francisco D'Souza, CEO, Cognizant Technology Solutions
18.
Rahul Bhatia, Chairman, IndiGo Airlines
19.
Sunil Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Group (see
top 10 billionaires in India 2009)
20.
Vikram Akula, Founder, SKS Microfinance
21. J
ean Dreze, Development Economist
You can read more
here.
I don't know everyone on the list, but my vote goes to Pranav Mistry. I'm very impressed at the inventions he's been working on. Why do you think should win?
Who Deserves to Win? Forbes India's Person of the Year 2009
