Gayatri Ketharaman, a 15 year old Schoolgirl from Pune has been adjudged as the Winner of Doodle 4 Google Contest 2013. Her Doodle has been placed on the Homepage of Google India today.
Gayatri is a student of The Bishop’s Co-Ed School, Pune. Her Doodle titled ‘Sky’s The Limit for Indian Women’, was selected as the winner by a panel of judges led by Original Doodler and Google Webmaster Dennis Hwang.
According to her, “Each letter of my doodle depicts a trait of the Indian Women. She is graceful and elegant, adept at balancing work and home. She is a go getter. She personifies motherhood. Even in the face of adversity, she is courageous. Kudos to Indian Women”.
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- Gayatri Ketharaman receiving Doodle4Google award from Google India MD Rajan Anandan
Doodle4Google (D4G) is an annual competition from the Internet giant for students of 1-10 grade who are invited to design the Google Doodle to celebrate Children’s Day.
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.
The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Celebrating Indian Women’, and the company received over 1.5 lakh entries, from more than 1,500 schools across 100 cities. The final 12 doodles were shortlisted and put up for online voting.
“Our National Jury Kirron Kher and Ajit Ninan along with the original doodler select the National Winner out of the 12 finalists,” Google said.
Among other categories, the doodle made by Madhuram Vatsal of Lucknow, showing all forms of Indian women – a learner, a warrior, a goddess, a dancer, a scholar and a lover of jewellery — was adjudged best in the category 1 (class 1-3).
The doodle titled ‘Women Are Future, Empower Them Better’ won in the category 2 (class 4-6), while the same on ‘Indian Women Leading Our Country’ won in the category 3(Class 7- 10).
All the finalists will receive a Google Goodie bag and an Acer C720 Chromebook.
“Doodle4Google is the perfect platform for the youth of India to showcase their talent on an international platform. It allows youngsters from not just the metros but from Tier II, III and even IV cities to participate, which is evident from the entries seen this year,” Google India Managing Director Rajan Anandan said.