[SALMAN]

Celebrating Children's Day 2010 in India,
Google D4G India Winner Announced Today




Doodle4Google Competition 2010 on Children's Day in India:
The major search Engine Google has announced the launch of its 2nd Doodle 4 Google (D4G) competition in India to celebrate the Children's Day on 14th November 2010.The winner's doodle appearing on www.google.co.in on November 14, 2010, the star Doodler will receive a technology starter package including a laptop, a year’s Internet connection and a Rs 2,000,00 technology grant for the school that he or she will represent, said the statement.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. Each of these winners will receive a laptop. Dennis Hwang, the original Google Doodler, will then choose the final winning Doodle from the total 45 finalists.



Akshay Raj from Mangalore (Karnataka) WON the Doodle 4 Google(D4G) contest

Akshay Raj studying in 9th Standard at St Aloysius High School has lived up to the expectation of his parents, teachers and well wishers by winning First place in Google Doodles contest. He was announced winner at the meeting held in Mumbai earlier this morning, where Mr. Rob, art guru from Google group was present to announce the winner.

He was one among the fifteen finalists in his group and voting decided the final winner.

A total number of 1,08,000 entries were received and 600 semifinalists were chosen in three groups by a panel of celebrity judges. Akshay's doodle was selected as the winning entry from the final round of 15 entries in his group by voting. He was also declared the National winner among the three finalists.

Information

Every year Children's day was celebrated in India on 14th November as birthday of former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who loved Children Very much. JawaharLal Nehru was also called as "Chacha Nehru" (uncle Nehru) by Children. JawaharLal Nehru love the children. Pandit Nehru is also regarded as the country’s special child to have been the first Prime Minister, after his long struggle for independence.This Children's day is celebrate with Great Events for Children at their schools or even at their Home. During children's day schools conduct many Joyfull activities to the kids. Children's day in India is celebrated on Pandit Nehruji's birthday as a day of fun and frolic, a celebration of childhood, children and Nehruji's love for them.

Nehru was very particular about the progress of the Indian youth. He wanted to create responsible citizens out of young boys and girls. Under his regime he established several educational institutions including All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT), and Indian Institutes of Management(IIM). He included and highlighted the point in his five years plan, that every child in India would get free and compulsory primary education. Over thousands of schools were built through out the villages of India when Nehru was in power. He also brought the scheme to distribute free meals and milk to school children in India to prevent malnutrition.

 

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Last edited by SALMAN; 11-14-2010 at 02:19 AM..