Rahman nominated for ‘Person of the Year’ award

Leading business magazine Forbes India will announce its ‘Person of the Year’ honor for the year 2009 in its upcoming edition. This edition will hit the newsstands on Friday, December 18th. Madras maestro and Oscar winner Rahman is among the frontrunners for the honor and the nominee list includes other heavyweights like Nandan Nilekani, Chetan Bhagat, Facebook, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rahul Gandhi.

The award is decided through public voting and readers can vote for their choice by logging on to www.forbesindiamagazine.com/personoftheyear. The voting will be open until 11.00 p.m. on Thursday, December 17th. Twenty five readers, who will be picked by a lucky draw, will be conferred with a special prize by the editorial team at Forbes.