You have seen a number of doodles grace the Google India homepage, here’s your chance to choose the next one. Take your pick from each of the three grade categories for the third Doodle4Google competition, as they open for online public voting on
www.google.co.in/doodle4google. After a panel of eminent judges from the art and media fraternity selected these 45 finalists, we leave it open for you to decide your favorite doodles. The experience this year has been phenomenal as we received over 1.5 lakh entries from across the country with over 350 schools participating in the competition.
Various artists and culture institutes which include- Nirmala Niketan Polytechnic, National Institute Of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Aakriti Art Gallery, Srusti Art Institute, Gayathri Art Galore, CANMAS (Contemporary And New Media Art School), Nasik's Kala Niketans-Chitrakala Mahavidyalya, Government Fine Art Institute – Indore, Sky Blue Institute Of Design, Bhavya Art & Craft College, Lalit Kalakshetra- helped in selecting the quarter finalists from which the JJ school of Arts, Mumbai helped in the final shortlisting which further went through the renowned panel of judges.
Nandita Das, Prasoon Joshi and Ganga Kadakia helped select the 45 finalists; Dennis Hwang (the original Google Doodler) and team who will be selecting the final winner whose doodle will go live on Google India’s Homepage on 14th November 2011.
Final winner for the Doodle4Google competition will be announced on 9th November 2011 in New Delhi and the winning doodle will go live on the Google India homepage to mark Children’s Day on 14th November.
Vote here:
www.google.co.in/doodle4google
Voting open only till 4th November 2011.
Posted by Robin Joseph, Associate Product Marketing Manager