On Children’s Day today, November 14, Monday, Google announced the winner of Doodle for Google 2022 India. The year’s National Winner of the India Doodle for Google contest is Shlok Mukherjee from Delhi Public School in NewTown, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Shlok Mukherjee’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.
The Doodle for Google competition aims to foster young people’s inventiveness and creativity. Children in grades 1 through 10 from more than 100 cities in India submitted over 115,000 submissions to this year’s competition in response to the topic “In the next 25 years, my India will….”
Along with the Google Doodle team, the judging panel also included actor, filmmaker, producer, and TV personality Neena Gupta, editor-in-chief at Tinkle Comics Kuriakose Vaisian, YouTube Creators Slayypoint, and artist and businesswoman Alika Bhat.
Student of Delhi Public School in Newtown, Kolkata, Shlok shared and explained his doodle saying, “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 Yoga and Ayurveda, and will get stronger in coming years.”
Google had also said that the national winner of the competition would receive a college scholarship of INR 5,00,000 and INR 2,00,000 technology package for their school or non-profit organization, a certificate or trophy of achievement, Google hardware devices or allied products and fun Google collectibles.
