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Google has Launched its second Doodle 4 Google competition in India to celebrate Children’s Day on November 14.This year,the chosen theme is My dream for India in a bid to encourage young doodlers to imagine what India would be like in two decades from now and capture those image sin colour and paper.The competition is open for all children from fiveto16years, across India. The winner will have his doodle featured on Google India’s homepageonChildren’s Day.

Nikhil Rungta, country marketing head, Google India, says, “The contest aims to unleash the creativity of young kids in India and inspire them to innovate. Last year’swinning Doodle,titled My India Full of Life was one such example of creativity by a fourth Standard student.” 

Participants will be clubbed in three categories -first to third standard, fourth to sixth standard and seventh to tenth standard. JJ School of Arts will select the top 200 entries from each category, which will be reviewed by a panel of judges. The judges will then shortlist 15 doodles from each category,bringing it down to a total of 45 final doodles.

All the final entries will be exhibited for public voting. And based on the number of votes, one winner from each category will be selected. Dennis Hwang,the original Google doodler,will then choose the final winning doodle from the 45 finalists.

In addition to the winner's doodle appearing on Google,the star doodler will receive a technology starter package including a laptop, ayear’sInternet connection and Rs 2,000,00technology grant for the school that he or she will represent.