Class 9 Chandigarh student's drawing will be the Google doodle on November 14

New Delhi: Google India has announced Arun Kumar Yadav, a class 9 student of Kendriya Vidyalaya from Chandigarh, as the winner of the Doodle4Google 2012 competition. The winning Doodle titled 'India - A Prism if Multiplicity' will go live on the Google (India) homepage on November 14, National Children's Day. The Doodle will also be featured on a special colour pack and drawing book by Classmate. All the finalists will receive a Google Goodie bag and a Samsung tablet.

The theme for this year's competition was 'Unity in Diversity', and with over two lakh entries received, from more than 1000 schools across 60 cities, within one month of the contest announcement.

The company invited all children between the ages of 5 to 16 years to share their creativity by doodling on the Google logo. The participants were grouped into three different categories - Group 1 comprising students from class 1 to 3; Group 2 with students from class 4 to 6; and Group 3 with students from class 7 to 10.

Created by: By Gulafsha Bano, St. Anthony's Day School; After announcing the the Doodle4Google competition for 2012 almost a month back, Google has now come up with a list of 13 finalists from across India. The winning Doodle will be featured on the Google India homepage on Children's Day (November 14). People can vote for the doodle they think best represents India's Unity in Diversity till 10th November by logging on to: www.google.co.in/doodle4google/ .
By M. Pranshu Tanaya, D.A.V. Public School; Google here presents the unified India showered by uneducated to educated person. G: 'Grapes' from Himachal Pradesh O: 'Orange' from Maharashtra O: 'Olive' from Jammu and Kashmir G: 'Guava' from Uttar Pradesh L: 'Lichi' from Jharkhand E: the sugarcane leaf showing contribution from U.P, Bihar, Odisha and other parts of India
By Vasudevan Deepak, Devgiri CMI Public School; India is like a large banyan tree that shelters and protects everyone who comes to it. It brings different kinds of living things together under the same roof.
By Kajal C. Soni, Queen Mary School; G of google has a Mosque for muslims, a Church for Christians and a Temple for Hindus, in such a way that all religions are united and do not have any violence. Both O's represent Diwali and Holi both of which are festivals celebrated by Hindus. The small 'g' represents a 9 day festival Navratri. The letter L represents Gandhi Jayanti and below has the Emblem of India. E has Santa Claus.
By Saubhagya Kalia, Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education; India is very rich in fruit. They are of many kinds, shapes and size, and grow in different parts of India depending on their climatic needs.
By Shravya Manjunath, Mitra Academy; The Doodle here represents the different dance forms of India. Dance, being the common topic in this doodle has many sub-divisions.
By Vidhi Binwal, The Orchid School; Indian Villages have diversity in culture, religion and the ways they make their living. Some sell earthen pots, some sell home-made eatables, while some sell coconuts, but they all co-exist and live together.
By Aditi Tiwari, Amity International School; This doodle consists of people from different parts of India having different culture. There is a sikh boy, person from Brij in Krishna Mudra, people doing Bharat Natyam, Kathakali, people doing Yoga showing ancient culture of India
By S. Preetham Paul, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, T.P.T. Branch; India is the home to a wide variety of languages, crops, religions, architectural masonry, music and dance forms, and so on, with blurred boundaries between them.
By Samiksha Goel, Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 Uppal; India is known for its unity in diversity all over the world. Whether it is Gupchup, Golgappa, or Panipuri the flavour, aroma and taste remain the same in any corner of the world but are called different names. Exactly the way Indians are bonded together in unity inspite of their diverse cultures, customs and religions.
By Prasun Jain, Anand Vihar Higher Secondary School; This doodle describes India as a secular country where there is no caste discrimination. All the people of the country celebrate any festival without any discrimination and in India all people live together with joy and happiness and this will make the country India, which shows "Unity in Diversity".
By Md. Aftab Alam, Albany Hall Public School; "In India we have many cultures, sports, religions and activities. Yoga is India's gift to the world. So I made this logo for Google," said the creator.
By Arun Kumar Yadav, Kendriya Vidyalaya; India has diverse cultures, religions, languages, customs and traditions. This diversity can be witnessed in enthusiasm for sports; unique folk culture; extraordinary remarkable handicrafts; wide range of flora and fauna and so on.

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$Class 9 Chandigarh student\'s doodle wins Doodle4Google 2012$

The winning Doodle titled \'India - A Prism if Multiplicity\' will go live on the Google India homepage on Nov 14.

The initial entries, more than two lakh in number, went through a round of preliminary judging by film and theatre actor Boman Irani and political cartoonist Ajit Ninan; as a second step, online public voting was used to choose one winner from each group; and finally, the reputed jury, along with the original Google Doodler Dennis Hwang, selected the final winning doodle from all the finalists.

The Doodle4Google 2012 competition was launched in 2009.

Below is the list of the 13 finalists from across India:

Group 1: class 1 to 3

1. Vidhi Binwal - The Orchid School, Pune

2. Saubhagya Kalia - Sri Aurobindo School of International Education, Chandigarh

3. Vasuevan Deepak - Devigiri C.M.I Public School, Calicut

4. M. Pranshu Tanaya - D.A.V Public School, Balasore

Group 2: class 4 to 6

1. Kajal C.Soni - Queen Mary School, Mumbai

2. Shravya Manjunath, Mitra Academy

3. Aditi Tiwari - Amity International School, Gurgaon

4. Gulafsha Bano - St. Anthony's Day School, Kolkata