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What Is Doodle?

Doodle 4 Google - My India: At Google, we like to reflect the ever-changing world of our users through the logo designs on our homepage. These ‘doodles’ celebrate scientists, artists, local events or special

We’re now giving you a chance to design a doodle for us, through our doodle competition, Doodle 4 Google. If you are currently a student in any school in India (between the 1^st and 10^th standards), then this is your chance to have your doodle be displayed on the Google India homepage. The theme of this competition is 'My India'. We'd love to see what your country means to you when represented in a doodle. Whether it’s music or dance, famous Indian art, Mahatma Gandhi, the Taj Mahal, cricket, our scientific achievements or the Indian people as a community- we’re interested in seeing these representations of what India means to you and how you represent it using images.

The best doodles will be voted on by a panel of judges as well as by the Indian public, and the winning doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage for a day, to be viewed by millions of people. The final winner will also win his or her very own laptop (and a technology grant for their school)!!!!!!!!!!

Doodle Resources

Templates and sample doodles

Template for rough practice

Download this template for rough practice: Download [PDF]

Logo templates for your final doodle

Download and print these outline logos of the Google logo to draw your final doodle on. You can use any of these templates for your doodle, depending on the nature of your design:Download [ZIP]

Sample Google doodles

View some sample doodles that have been used on the Google homepage in the past (as a reference): Download [ZIP]

Tips to create your doodle

Class 1-3: Download [PDF]

Class 4-6: Download [PDF]

Class 7-10: Download [PDF]

Judging and Prizes

Judging criteria: Your doodle will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Artistic merit - based on age, drawing skills and use of colour.
Creativity - based on your representation of the theme and use of the Google logo.
'My India' communication - how well your concept of the theme is expressed.
Supporting statement - how well you explained your vision of your doodle.

Groups: The competition is open to all students attending a school in India between classes 1 and 10. Doodles will be judged in the following three brackets:

1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd standards
4^th, 5^th, and 6^th standards
7^th, 8^th, 9^th and 10^th standards

Judging Process:

600 Semi Finalists: The best 600 doodles from across the country will be chosen via our judging criteria in each of the three age group brackets. This means that each age bracket will be equally represented.

45 Finalists: A judging panel will choose 45 top doodles (15 from each age bracket) to become our finalists. These 45 top doodles will be displayed in a gallery on this website on October 21, 2009. These will then be made available to the Indian public who can vote for the doodles they like best in each age bracket.

Judging Panel: Our judging panel will include renowned cartoonist, N.Ponnappa, young internationally acclaimed artist Raghava KK., as well as faculty and students of the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad <http://www.nid.edu/>, our Doodle 4 Google partner institute and one of India's foremost institutions in the field of design education.

Prizes: All 45 finalists will be invited to attend the final awards ceremony in November 2009. We will cover stay and travel expenses for all 45 finalists + one adult (teacher, parent, etc). In addition, all finalists will receive a Doodle 4 Google certificate and a Google goody bag.

Final Winner: After the public online vote across the three age brackets, the final winner will be decided by Google’s original doodler, Dennis Hwang. The final winner will be announced at an awards ceremony attended by the finalists and members of our judging panel.

Prizes: The final winner will have his/her doodle displayed on the Google India homepage on November 14^th 2009. He/she will also win a laptop! Finally, the winner's school will also be awarded a technology grant of Rs.1,00,000.

Submitting your doodle

Taking part in the competition is a three step process:

You must first registe r yourself.
Review and download doodle material.
Send us your completed doodle by post.

Title and supporting statement:

In addition to producing a doodle, you also need to write:

A title for your doodle (a maximum of 5-6 words).
A supporting statement (a maximum of 100 words). Based on your Google doodle, you should explain what India means to you and what you have represented in your doodle.

Design guidelines:

The doodle should be presented on a white, landscape sheet of A4 paper.
You can download the Google logo template from our Doodle Resources page.
As the winning doodle will be displayed on the Google India homepage, please ensure the Google logo is clearly visible and recognizable.
The doodle can be in pencil, crayons, felt tip, paint, or can be done using computer drawing or design software.
Unfortunately we cannot accept entries using additional materials to create 3D effects.

Submitting your entry:

Create your doodle by hand or on a computer (according to the guidelines above).
Before you post your entries, be sure to include the following information (on the back of the page on which you have drawn your doodle):

Your name
Your class (which standard you’re in)
Your school’s name
Your address
Your email address (if any)
Your phone number

Then post your entry to the address below by 30^th September 2009. (Please note that your entries must reach us by end of day on 30^th September 2009. Please ensure that you account for the time it may take for your doodle to reach us by post. We will not be able to accept entries after this deadline.)

Doodle 4 Google,
Google India Pvt. Ltd.
No. 3, RMZ Infinity - Tower E
Old Madras Road
4th and 5th Floors
Bangalore, 560 016
India

All the information you need to participate in Doodle 4 Google should be available on the various pages on this website. However, if you have any specific queries, please email us atd4gindia@google.com

Registration

If you would like to take part in the Doodle 4 Google competition, please complete the registration form below. We will only be able to accept Doodle 4 Google competition entries from students who are studying in classes 1 to 10, in a school in India.
(Please note that we will only be able to accept one entry per student)

Click Here To Register

Info for schools

The 'Doodle 4 Google – My India' competition is open to all students attending a school in India. Doodles will be judged in the following brackets:

1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd standards
4^th, 5^th, and 6^th standards
7^th, 8^th, 9^th and 10^th standards

How you can get involved:

We would love to have you actively promote this initiative within your school.

Here are a few tips and suggestions to help you guide your students design their doodles.

Class 1-3: Download [PDF]
Class 4-6: Download [PDF]
Class 7-10: Download [PDF]

The finalists will be announced in mid October. We would encourage you and your students to participate in the online public vote, to pick the final winners.

All finalists will be invited to our final awards event in early November, and may be accompanied by you (a teacher, or principal) or a parent, at this event.

Finally, if the final Doodle 4 Google winner is from your school, he or she will also win your school a technology grant of Rs. 1,00,000 (in addition to lots of fame)!!!!!!

Info for students