Have you ever sign in to Google to find that the logo has changed? This is generally made by Google to mark birthdays of famous artists or scientists such as Rabindranath Tagore. Some of the changed logos - referred to as Google doodles - even celebrate certain historical events or events such as the solar eclipse.

Now, Google has thrown open a competition for school children in India called Doodle 4 Google - to design their own Google doodles around the theme 'My India'- classes from 1 to 10. Arvind Desikan, head of consumer marketing from Google said "We are asking children to pictorially depict what India means to them." The winning doodle will be featured on google.co.in on November 14, Children's Day.

Apart from this, the winner will get a laptop and the school he/she belongs to will get a technology gift from Google worth Rs1lakh.

To apply, students can register online at www.google.co.in/doodle4google. The entries have to be posted to the said address by end of Spetember.

The judging board will include faculty and students of the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, renowned cartoonist N Ponnappa, and a young emerging Indian artist Raghava KK.


But do school kids, specially the young ones, know sufficient about Google to really design a logo? Desikan said "The doodle is more about what India means to you than Google. The picturisation is basically about India, although you will be doing it against a Google template. The Google 4 Doodle homepage has tips for teachers on how to help students through this whole process."

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