Google India to hold Doodle 4 Google competition

googleInternet search giant Google India has provided school children with an opportunity to create logo for Google India Homepage, under its competition - Doodle 4 Google. The theme of this completion is 'My India', and students are required to create doodle with very accurate and illustrative explanation of world India.

Students, desirous to participate in the competition, needs to register themselves online at www. google. co. in/doodle4google.

The search engine will show the winner's doodle at Google India Homepage on November 14, on the country's first Prime Minister's birthday. The company will also offer a laptop and technology grant of Rs 1 lakh to the winner. It has called faculty and students of the National Institute of Design (NID), cartoonist N Ponnappa and Indian artist Raghava KK, for the judgment of the competition.

Google is known for creating new logos on special occasions, dates and events, according to a tradition initiated by Googler Dennis Hwang. Arvind Desikan, head of consumer marketing from Google said: "Creativity, innovation, and a sense of fun are at the heart of Google's culture and beliefs. Through Doodle 4 Google, we hope to celebrate the immense creative talent and richness of ideas of students across the country. We are delighted to be able to give school students across India the opportunity to doodle for Google."