| Stage 1: | Final list of Nominees selected by the NDTV Editorial Board |
| Stage 2: | NDTV announces IOY awards 2008. India begins voting for its favourite nominees. Poll results from Web and SMS are tabulated by Ernst & Young.
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| Stage 3: | The Jury selects its favourite nominees. |
| Stage 4: | The vote weightage for the awards is divided equally between Citizens - Vox Populi & the Jury, i.e., 50 per cent Citizens-Vox Populi & 50 per cent Jury.
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| Stage 5: | In the event of a category not receiving significant public votes, the Jury would have the deciding vote.
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