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Divyanshi Singhal doodles her hope to have “Walking Trees” in the future, to protect the next generations from deforestation

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The idea of “walking trees” wins votes and hearts to become the national winner of this year’s Doodle for Google contest

This year’s contest saw over 1.1 lakh children from classes 1 to 10 across the country sending in their doodles, based on the theme ‘When I grow up, I hope ..’. It was heartening to see so many fresh, creative depictions for a better world: from cleaning up the ocean, to flying solo using technology, to simply dreaming about a world without boundaries.


After three months, and with participation from over 50 cities across India, we are thrilled to announce this year’s National winner of our Doodle for Google contest: seven-year-old Divyanshi Singhal  from Gurgaon is the national winner with her imaginative, thoughtful, and inspiring doodle, entitled ‘The Walking Tree’. Divyanshi’s doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14th as part of our celebration of Children’s Day. 






Caption: 2nd grader Divyanshi Singhal from Gurgaon is the national winner of this year’s Doodle for Google Contest




Divyanshi from DPS, Gurgaon, expressed her dismay on trees been cut down, where through her doodle ‘The Walking Trees’ she says, “When I grow up, I hope the world’s trees can walk or fly. The land could be cleared so easily without making them die. There would be so little deforestation and humans can just ask the trees and their friends to move to another place.”


When we inquired how she came up with this delightful idea, she explained, “When I visited my grandmother, I was so sad to see the trees around her house being cut. So I thought that if trees could walk or fly, we will not have to cut them'' she said wistfully. 

This year’s jury, comprising creative masterminds including Rajiv Chilaka, (creator of Chhota Bheem & CEO of Green Gold Animation,) Prajakta Koli (India’s leading female YouTube Creator,) and Neha Sharma (famous artist and creator of Neha Doodles) along with the Google Doodle team had a mammoth task at hand; first, to shortlist from the submissions received, then to choose the 20 Finalists from across the nation, with every piece of art as compelling as the other. All entries were evaluated on the criteria of artistic merit, creativity and theme communication, as well as the uniqueness and novelty in the approach.


The final 20 shortlisted doodles were then showcased online at https://doodles.google.co.in/d4g/ for public voting. The designs for this year’s theme were incredibly creative across all class groups. In addition to the national winner, 5 group winners were also selected. Over 6 lac public votes helped us determine the following group winners for the 5 class groups   

Class group 1-2: 
G.S.S. Sharvan, Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam
Doodle Title: Ocean Friendly 
“When I grow up, I hope to live in a world where the underwater sea animals become free from plastic waste. I would like to clear the underwater using a machine to help sea animals and plants.”


Class Group 3-4: 
Bhaswati Bishoi, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bhubneswar 
Doodle Title: From moon to moon!
“My parents gave me the nickname “Moonmoon”, telling me go moon to moon. When I grow up, I hope to fulfill my parent’s dream, and to participate in the space voyage to discover the undiscovered.”


Class Group 5-6: 
Ankit Bhattacharya, Delhi Public School, Kolkata
Doodle Title: Learning with Fun 
Grades place students in predefined categories like A, B, C which compel them to run after marks rather than to acquire real knowledge. So when I grow up, I hope there is no fear of exams. Learning is more fun and students expand their horizons, improve creativity and skill without any stress.


Class Group 7-8: 
Pyla Vijay Kumar, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
Doodle Title: Khadi, an evergreen Indian pride
“When I grow up, I hope to spread the significance and genuinity of KHADI material in order to increase its production and utilisation, thereby restoring the Indian Culture.”




Class Group 9-10: 
Sidagam Sai Sathvik, Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam
Doodle Title: Everlasting Impact -- Indian Folk Art
“When I grow up, I hope the world recognises the magnificent treasure of India -- Indian Folk Art -- and passes it on to the next generations leaving an everlasting impact.”


With the Doodle for Google competition, we aim to celebrate and promote creativity, passion, and imagination in young people across the country, and we continue to be overwhelmed by the participation from the talented and creative young artists each year. 


A heartfelt thanks from the Doodle for Google team and the jury to all who voted and helped us select this year's winners. Most importantly, we thank the students who submitted their wonderful entries this year, and our partner schools and guest judges -- it was incredibly challenging to select the winning doodles from the amazing entries we had the honor of reviewing. 


Keep on doodling, and looking forward to seeing you next year!


Posted by Sapna Chadha, Senior Director of Marketing, Southeast Asia & India

Meet the finalists of India’s Doodle for Google 2019

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With over 1.1 lakh children participating, you can now vote for your favourite little doodler’s entries!


This year, we asked art-loving students from Class 1 to Class 10 in India to show us, via a Doodle, what they hope for in their future (‘When I grow up, I hope ..’).  We were humbled to see the expanse of creativity and imagination from this next generation of thinkers and received entries from over 1.1 lakh children from across the country. What was even more inspiring was that 55 percent of these were from non-metro cities, including Visakhapatnam, Bhopal, Kota, Ambala, Siliguri, Kottayam, Bareilly and Bhubaneswar. Creativity clearly has no boundaries in India.


Today, we are glad to announce the top 20 finalists for the annual Doodle for Google (D4G) 2019 competition. These children expressed themselves in unique ways, giving us a sneak peek into what they hope for: from having a world without boundaries to making learning fun for school kids; bringing innovation in farming to promoting Indian folk art; space exploration to saving animals. The children depicted their ideas using crayons, clay, and a range of graphic design mediums.




And here’s where you get to vote for your favourite little doodler! It’s time for you to show some love, and ensure their doodle is featured on www.google.co.in on Children’s Day (November 14, 2019.) Online voting to pick the final winner starts on October 25 and will close at 10:00PM IST on November 6. Finally, based on your votes the shortlisted entries will be considered by the national jury who will pick the winners.


During the time, we partnered with NGOs like Smile Foundation, Protsahan, Salaam Balak Trust, and You & Society to conduct art workshops for kids. We conducted these across Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kolkata, where the artists shared doodling tips with the children.




This year’s D4G participants are grouped into five categories: students from Class 1 and 2; from Class 3 and 4; Class 5 and 6; Class 7 and 8, and finally Class 9 and 10. The entries went through multiple rounds of judging, first by a panel of art teachers, then by a jury comprising creative masterminds such as Rajiv Chilaka, (creator of Chhota Bheem & CEO of Green Gold Animation,) Prajakta Koli (India’s leading female YouTube Creator,) and Neha Sharma (famous artist and creator of Neha Doodles.) Details of the finalists along with their doodles are showcased at https://doodles.google.co.in/d4g/vote/.


Here is the list of the 20 finalists from across India:


Group 1: Class 1 to 2
  1. G.S.S. Sharvan, Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam
  2. Divyanshi Singhal, DPS, Gurgaon 
  3. Nevisha Thareja, GD Goenka Public School, Gurgaon
  4. Rutvi Ravi Mandaliya, DPS, Bhopal 


    Group 2: Class 3 to 4
    1. Aarushi Amit Swant, Children’s Academy, Mumbai
    2. M. Nandhakishore, Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam
    3. CH. Bhawagnya, Sri Prakash Vidya Niketan, Visakhapatnam
    4. Bhaswati Bishoi, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bhubneswar 


      Group 3: Class 5 to 6
      1. Dontam Setty Dheeraj, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
      2. Ponnada Sai Akshita, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
      3. Ankit Bhattacharya, Delhi Public School, Kolkata
      4. K.Vinil, TSWRES, Hyderabad 


        Group 4: Class 7 to 8
        1. V. Karan Dev, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bangalore 
        2. P. Vijay Kumar, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
        3. Sarah Elisa Jogy, Udayachal High School, Mumbai 
        4. P. Sai Likhit, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam


          Group 5: Class 9 to 10
          1. S. Sai Sathvik, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
          2. Mahita Madaka, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
          3. Bhooshan, St. Aloysius High School, Mangalore
          4. P Sai Homesh,  TSWRES, Hyderabad 


            About the History of the Doodle:


            Doodles are the fun, surprising, and sometimes spontaneous changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers and scientists. Over the years, doodles on the Google homepage have made the act of searching more fun and enjoyable for users worldwide. When doodles were first created, nobody anticipated how popular and integral they would be to the Google search experience. These days, many users excitedly anticipate the release of each new doodle and some even collect them!


            Having a little bit of fun with our logo by redesigning it from time to time is unheard of at many companies, but at Google it is a part of our brand. And Doodle for Google is one of our favourite moments, when we have the unique honor of seeing how kids represent our logo in the context of their own hopes and dreams.

            Posted by Sapna Chadha, Director of Marketing, Southeast Asia & India

            Doodle for Google is back!

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            This time encouraging young artists to draw “When I grow up, I hope ….”


            I have the privilege of being a mother of seven year old twins, and it’s always amazing to see the imaginative things they come up with. I’ve come to realize that they each have such distinct dreams and hopes for themselves and for the world; my daughter hopes that everyone in the world should have a roof over their head and enough food to eat,  while my son hopes that he can travel the world and thinks about how the world markets and population will change over the next 50 years (yes, he is seven!) What a lovely thing it is, to be able to get a glimpse of the future from a child’s perspective, which brings me to hope that they never stop dreaming about what the world can be.  


            On that note, I am excited to announce the 2019 edition of  Doodle for Google contest where students across India will get a chance to showcase their creativity in the form of a doodle on www.google.co.in for a day on Children’s Day i.e. 14th November 2019. 


            This year’s theme is “When I grow up, I hope….” tapping into the aspirations and imagination of young India. Anything kids dream about is fair-play - from edible clouds, to a pollution-free world, to a city haven full of endangered animals, and a life on the moon. Crayons, water colours, clay or graphic design; young artists can utilise any materials to bring their creation to life but like all Google Doodles, each doodle must incorporate the letters G-o-o-g-l-e.




            Last year, we received thousands of entries from all across India -- including big metros and smaller cities, covering the length and breadth of the country. If you are inspired to participate this year, download the form, let your imagination flow, draw your doodle and press the ‘submit’ button! Please visit ‘How it works’ page on the website for detailed instructions about participation. 


            Every year, the toughest part of the contest is to pick a winner and therefore we have a stellar jury of guest judges including renowned illustrator Neha Sharma, fondly known as Neha Doodles, Prajakta Koli AKA MostlySane who is one of India’s most popular YouTube Creators, and Rajiv Chikala the creator and CEO of Green Gold Animation who is also the conspirator of the famous animated character Chhota Bheem. 


            Internal judging and jury votes will be used to identify the top 20 doodles, which will be put up for public voting from October 21st to November 6th 2019, where the entire public will be able to vote for their favourite doodle. Winning doodle will be awarded a college scholarship worth five lakh rupees, a technology package worth two lakh for their school or non-profit organization, along with many other exciting prizes.


            Submissions for this year close on 30th September 2019 at 10 PM IST. That’s only eight short weeks so hurry! Students between class 1 to 10 are welcome to submit their entries at doodles.google.co.in/d4g. For parents, teachers and all of you who know a young doodler, do encourage them to participate! We can’t wait to see all the wonderful entries and learn more about the aspirations of India’s future.

            By Sapna Chadha, Director of Marketing, Southeast Asia & India

            ‘Enjoy every moment in life’ is what 6th Grade Student from Pune wants to teach the entire world to make it a happy place

            11 year old wins votes and hearts to become National Winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest
            With participation from over fifty cities across India and ten days of voting, the anticipation for the winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition is finally over. Eleven year-old Anvita Prashant Telang from Vibgyor High School, Balewadi, Pune has been chosen as the national winner with her imaginative, thoughtful and inspiring doodle, titled “Enjoy Every Moment.” Anvita’s doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14th to celebrate Children’s Day.

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            6th grader, Anvita Prashant Telang from Pune, the National Winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google Contest


            Anvita Prashant Telang, who attends Vibgyor High School, Balewadi, Pune, submitted her Doodle around this year’s theme, ‘If I could teach anyone anything, it would be’. Her creativity and vision towards developing a ‘a better world and healthy lifestyle’ is well reflected through her colorful doodle where she has showcased how everyone should  ‘Enjoy Every Moment’ and appreciate the simple things around us and live a stress free life.

            All the entries were evaluated on the criteria of artistic merit, creativity and theme communication as well as their unique and novel approach to the Doodle. This year’s jury, political cartoonist Ajit Ninan, Art Director Savio Mascarenhas, popular creative artist Rob and Doodle team lead Ryan Germick had a mammoth task at hand; first, to shortlist from the submissions received, and then to choose the national winner and regional winners from across the nation, with each piece of art as competitive and as compelling as the other.

            We are overwhelmed to see great participation from talented and creative young artists year-on-year since 2009. With Doodle4Google competition, we aim to celebrate and promote creativity, passion, and imagination in our younger users. The designs for this year’s theme “If I could teach anyone anything, it would be” were incredibly creative across all grade groups.

            In addition to selecting Anvita Telang as the national winner, close to 100 thousand public votes helped us determine the three group winners:
            • Grades 1-3: B Shrisha, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam for her doodle ‘Indoor Gardening’
            • Grades 4-6:  Anvita Prashant Telang, Vibgyor High School, Pune for her doodle titled ‘Enjoy every moment’.
            • Grades 7-10:  Akashdeep, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Doranda, Ranchi for her doodle titled ‘Water Conservation for A Better Tomorrow’

            A big round of thanks from the Doodle 4 Google team, the jury and to all of you who voted and helped us select this year's winners. More importantly, we thank all the students who submitted their wonderful entries and our partner schools and guest judges - it was incredibly challenging to select the winning doodles from the amazing entries this year. Please join us in congratulating all participants—they did a fantastic job of inspiring us with their creativity. Keep on doodling and we’ll see you next year once again with an interesting new theme!

            Posted by Sapna Chadha, Head of Marketing, Google India



            Meet the finalists for Doodle 4 Google India 2016 and vote to choose the winners!

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            We’re very excited that the annual Doodle 4 Google (D4G) competition with the theme ‘If I could teach anyone anything, it would be’’ has reached its final stage. And we are glad to announce our 12 Finalists.

            Like all previous years, the competition received entries have from parts of the country! As always,  D4G participants are grouped into three categories: Group 1 comprising students from Class 1 to 3; Group 2 with students from Class 4 to 6; and Group 3 with students from Class 7 to 10.

            These entries went through two rounds of judging, first by a group of art schools judges, and then by our national jury comprising of Cartoonist Ajit Ninan, Art Director Savio Mascarenhas, Creative Wizard Rob and Google’s Chief Doodler Ryan Germick. Details of the finalists along with their doodles are showcased at doodles.google.co.in/d4g

            You now get to vote for your favorite doodles and help us to pick one winner from each group. Online voting to select  the final winner starts from November 01 and will close on November 10. Basis your votes and the ranking by our jury, the national winner will be selected from all these twelve finalists. The winning doodle will find its place on the google.co.in homepage on November 14, for Children’s Day.

            Doodle4Google 2016 finalists from across India:

            1.     Anushka Sarkar, Delhi Public School, Nerul (W), Navi Mumbai
            2.     Mansi Jain, The Emerald Heights International School, Indore
            3.     Banty Khurana, GBSS Govt School, Sangam Vihar, Delhi
            4.     B Shirisha, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam

            1.     Anvita Prashant Telang, Vibgyor High School, Balewadi, Pune
            2.     P Raja Rohit, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
            3.     Niranjana Simha DH, Silver Oaks International School, Surjapur, Bengaluru
            4.     Insha Khan,  The Emerald Heights International School, Indore

            1.     Akashdeep, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Doranda, Ranchi
            2.     Bhavna Swargiary, Delhi Public School, Ahom Gaon, Guwahati
            3.     Harsh Sinha, B R Tol English High School, Mulund, Mumbai
            4.     Aarushi Kumari, St. Anthony High School, Patna

            About the History of the Doodle:
            Over the years, doodles on the Google homepage have made search on Google more fun and enjoyable for its users worldwide. When doodles were first created, nobody had anticipated how popular and integral they would become to the Google search experience. Nowadays, many users excitedly anticipate the release of each new doodle and some even collect them!

            Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. Having a little bit of fun with the corporate logo by redesigning it from time to time is unheard of at many companies but at Google, it is a part of the brand. While the doodle is primarily a fun way for the company to recognize events and notable people, it also illustrates the creative and innovative personality of the company itself.

            Posted by Sapna Chadha, Head of Marketing, Google India


            Start sketching what you see for the future

            Posted by Ryan Germick, Google Doodle Team Lead

            If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it: your favorite art contest is back! The 2016 Doodle 4 Google contest kicked off on Wednesday, where art-loving K-12 students from across the U.S., Guam and Puerto Rico are invited to bring their imagination to life in a doodle of the Google logo, using any medium they choose. The winning masterpiece will hang on the Google homepage for a day, where millions will enjoy it.
            We like to think about what’s next. So we’re asking kids to imagine what awaits them in the years to come and represent that vision of this year’s theme: “What I see for the future…” Yes, that means anything they see — even if it includes flying dogs, living on a shooting star, the trip of their dreams, or for the true Futurists out there — perhaps a distant world filled with dazzling new technology of all shapes and sizes.

            This year’s contest is going to be one for the record books; the future and the ways to depict it are limitless. That’s why we’ll have an all-star group of judges including our very own Google Doodlers help select the National Winner. In addition to the homepage showcase, the winner will receive $30,000 towards a college scholarship, and the opportunity to work with the Doodle team at the Googleplex in Mountain View. As an added bonus: Their home school will get to spend $50,000 on technology to help foster the next generation of professionals (and who knows, maybe future Googlers, too!).
            Submissions are open until December 2, 2016. So for you teachers and community leaders out there: Encourage your kids and students to apply. We can’t wait to see what wonders await in their dreams for the future.

            And now, we bid you farewell as we’re Van Goghing, Goghing, Gone.

            Doodle 4 Google is back! Show the world what you can teach

            Today we’re kicking off the 2016 Doodle 4 Google contest where creative and curious students across India compete to take over the Google homepage for a day with their artwork, inspired by the theme  “If I could teach anyone anything, it would be...”.

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            We’re inviting students from class 1 to 10 to draw a doodle to let us know what you believe has the potential to bring positive change to a person’s life, or what you think might help make the world a better place. This could be anything from teaching cool tech innovations to your grandparents, the importance of obeying traffic rules for your city, or teaching valuable life lessons to others. Let your imagination run wild and let that help power our future!

            In the seven years that we’ve hosted Doodle 4 Google, we’ve received some incredible illustrations. Visit our gallery of doodles to check them out. Past themes have included “If I could create something for India, it would be…” to “My dream for India is...”. Last year, nine-year-old P Karthik from Visakhapatnam won the contest with his imaginative, thoughtful and inspiring doodle entitled “Plastic to Earth Machine”. It illustrates his vision for India, where plastic waste is recycled into material that helps mother nature flourish.
            The 2015 Doodle 4 Google winner was 9-year-old P Karthik from Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam, with his artwork entitled “Plastic to Earth Machine”.
            If you’re looking for inspiration or information about participating in Doodle 4 Google 2016, visit our new contest website: doodles.google.co.in/d4g/. Taking part is easy: just download the form, come up with an idea, doodle it, and submit it to us before midnight on October 21, 2016.

            Twelve finalists will be selected by our esteemed jury members and will be invited to spend “A Day at Google”, where you’ll get to experience the best of Google’s culture at one of our offices. The best doodle will then be featured on our Google India homepage on Children’s Day on November 14, 2016, for all of India to see.

            Posted by Sapna Chadha, Head of Marketing, Google India

            From antiques to pizza, see what went into making this year’s masterpieces for Doodle 4 Google

            Posted by Ryan Germick, Doodler and non-traditional media enthusiast

            (Cross-posted on the Official Blog.)

            Last October, we kicked off our annual Doodle 4 Google art competition, asking students to create a doodle to tell the world “What makes me…me.” This time around, we added a little twist: for the first time in eight years of Doodle 4 Google, there were no restrictions on the medium or materials kids could use to create a doodle. Kids took us up on the challenge. A quarter of all finalists used some non-traditional media—from clay and wood to origami, photographs and sheets of music—in their submission.

            Today, Googlers are hosting surprise assemblies at schools from Waterville, Maine to Waipahu, Hawaii to celebrate the winners of each state and thank the teachers and parents who have encouraged them along the way. And for the first time ever, we’re announcing winners for Washington, D.C., Guam and Puerto Rico. See all 53 State and Territory Winners on our website.
            Now, our finalists need your votes for a shot at having their doodle make it onto the Google homepage. Starting today through Feb 22, head to the Doodle 4 Google site to vote for your favorite artwork for each grade group. On March 21, we’ll announce the winner and four runners-up—and you’ll see the winning doodle on google.com.

            Check out this year’s talented set of finalists and vote for your favorite!

            9 year old doodles his dream to make “Plastic to Earth Machine” for a greener planet

            9 year old wins votes and hearts to become National Winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest
            One month and participation from over 50 cities in India, the anticipation has been building around this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition. Today, the wait is finally over. Nine year-old P Karthik from Visakhapatnam is the national winner with his imaginative, thoughtful and inspiring doodle, entitled “Plastic to Earth Machine.” Karthik’s doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on November 14th to celebrate Children’s Day.

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            3rd grader, P Karthik from Visakhapatnam, the National Winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google Contest
            P Karthik, who attends Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam, submitted his Doodle around this year’s theme, ‘If I could create something for India, I would’. His creativity and vision towards developing a ‘green environment’ is well reflected through his colorful doodle where he has created ‘Plastic to Earth Machine’ that can recycle and convert all the plastic waste from the country into a material which helps the growth of mother nature.  
            All the entries were evaluated on the criteria of artistic merit, creativity and theme communication as well as their unique and novel approach to the Doodle.
            This year’s jury, political cartoonist Ajit Ninan and popular creative artist Rob along with the Google Doodle team had a mammoth task at hand; first, to shortlist from the submissions received, and then to choose the national winner and regional winners from across the nation, with each piece of art as competitive and as compelling as the other. The final 12 doodles, chosen by them, were exhibited for online voting and today we are extremely glad to share the final outcomes and reveal the winning Doodle.
            We are overwhelmed to see great participation from  talented and creative young artists year-on-year since 2009. With Doodle4Google competition, we aim to celebrate and promote creativity, passion, and imagination in our younger users. The designs for this year’s theme “If I could create something for India, I would” were incredibly creative across all grade groups.
            In addition to selecting P Karthik as the national winner, close to 200 thousand public votes helped us determine the three group winners:
            • Grades 1-3: P Karthik, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam for his doodle ‘Plastic to Earth Machine’
            • Grades 4-6:  P Ramya, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan,  Visakhapatnam for her doodle titled ‘Green City, Dream City’.
            • Grades 7-10:  Ashita Sharma, Mother Mary's School, New Delhi for her doodle titled ‘Robots - to transform India’
            A big round of thanks from the Doodle 4 Google team and the jury to all of you who voted and helped us select this year's winners. More importantly, we thank all the students who submitted their wonderful entries this year and our partner schools & guest judges - it was incredibly challenging to select the winning doodles from among the amazing entries this year. Please join us in congratulating all participants—they did a fantastic job of inspiring us with their creativity. Keep on doodling and we’ll see you next year once again with an interesting new theme!
            Posted by Sapna Chadha, Head of Marketing, Google India

            Meet the 12 Doodle 4 Google 2015 finalists from India and vote to choose the winners!


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            Entries now open for online voting for users to choose the winner

            We’re very excited that the annual Doodle4Google (D4G) competition with the theme ‘If I could create something for India, it would be’’ has reached its final stages. And we are glad to announce our 12 Finalists.

            Like all previous years, this year the competition has also seen amazing response and entries have come in from across the country! As always, this year’s D4G participants are grouped into three categories: Group 1 comprising students from Class 1 to 3; Group 2 with students from Class 4 to 6; and Group 3 with students from Class 7 to 10.

            These entries went through two rounds of judging, first by a group of Art Schools, and then by our national jury of Cartoonist Ajit Ninan and Creative Artist Rob. Details of the finalists along with their doodles are showcased at www.google.co.in/doodle4google

            You get to now vote for your favorites online to choose one winner from each group. Online voting to pick the final winner has been ongoing from October 23 and will close on November 9. Finally, on the basis of your votes and on the basis of the ranking by the reputed national jury, the national winner will be selected from all the finalists. The winning doodle will be placed on the google.co.in homepage on November 14, National Children’s Day.

            Here is the list of the 12 finalists from across India:

            Group 1: class 1 to 3
            1.     Ishita Jain, St. Mary's Convent Sr. Sec. School, Bhopal
            2.     Ashish Dharne, Bishop Cotton Boys’ School, Bengaluru
            3.     P Karthik, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
            4.     Aarushi Jain, G.D. Goenka International School, Surat

            Group 2: class 4 to 6
            1.     Saubhagya Kalia, Sri Aurobindo School, Chandigarh
            2.     Bhumika Shree, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Godda
            3.     P Ramya,  Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam
            4.     Saloni Singh, UK Convent School, Bhopal

            Group 3: class 7 to 10
            1.     Varsha Yeshwanth, The Hindu Senior Secondary School, Chennai
            2.     Ashita Sharma, Mother Mary's School, New Delhi
            3.     Samhita Lokesh, Freedom International School, Bengaluru
            4.     Sumedh H Supe, Delhi Public School, Udaipur

            About the History of the Doodle:
            Over the years, doodles on the Google homepage have made search on Google more fun and enjoyable for its users worldwide. When doodles were first created, nobody had anticipated how popular and integral they would become to the Google search experience. Nowadays, many users excitedly anticipate the release of each new doodle and some even collect them!

            Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. Having a little bit of fun with the corporate logo by redesigning it from time to time is unheard of at many companies but at Google, it is a part of the brand. While the doodle is primarily a fun way for the company to recognize events and notable people, it also illustrates the creative and innovative personality of the company itself.

            Posted by Sapna Chadha, Director of Marketing, Google India