Tech Giant, Google announced the winners of the Doodle for Google competition and Shlok Mukherjee of West Bengal won the competition from India, which had over 115,000 entries from over 100 Indian cities for children in classes 1-10.
Shlok expressed his aspirations for India’s scientific advancements to pick up speed in the upcoming years in his doodle titled ‘India on the centre stage.’ Google said, “We were especially heartened that the advancement of technology and sustainability emerge as common themes across many of the Doodles”.
Shlok’s doodle
Shlok’s doodle based on the contest’s theme – “In the next 25 years, my India will…,” – will be displayed on the search engine throughout the day. A student of Delhi Public School in Newtown, Kolkata, he explains his doodle, “In the next 25 years, my India will have scientists develop their own eco-friendly robot for humanity’s betterment. India will have regular intergalactic travels from Earth to space. India will develop more in the field of Yoga and Ayurveda, and will get stronger in coming years.”
Judges, including well-known individuals like Kuriakose Vaisian, Editor-in-Chief of Tinkle Comics, selected 20 doodles for online voting. The selection criteria for the winning entry were- artistic value, creativity, fit with the contest topic, and uniqueness and novelty of the approach.
Over 5 lakh public votes helped determine the results in which four group winners were also declared in addition to a national winner.
