Doodle for fun

To celebrate Children’s Day on November 14,Google is organising a Doodle 4 Google competition. “The winners will get a chance to feature their doodle on http://www.google.co.in and the star doodler will receive a technology starter package including a laptop,a year’s internet connection and Rs 2,00,000 technology grant for the school that he or she represents,” said Nikhil Rungta,Country Marketing Head,Google India. The competition is open to children in India,aged between five to 16. The theme is ‘My Dream for India’. “The competition encourages young doodlers to imagine what India would be like in two decades from now,” he adds.

The participants will be clubbed in three different categories — Class I to III,Class IV to VI and Class VII to X. “JJ School of Arts will select the top 200 entries from each category,which will be reviewed by a panel of judges who will then shortlist 15 doodles from each category,” Rungta says,adding that all the final entries will be exhibited for public voting to select a winner from each category. Dennis Hwang,the original Google doodler,will then choose the final winning doodle from 45 finalists.

To participate one must register on the website http://www.google.co.in/doodle4google. The submission may be either individually or through the school. Last date for submissions is September 25.