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“What Inspires Me” The Doodle Way: Mumbai Schoolgirl Bags Top Prize In Google Contest
Swarajya Staff
Nov 15, 2018, 10:27 AM | Updated 10:27 AM IST
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Pingla Rahul More, a participant from Class VII-VIII category from Mumbai has emerged as the winner of the annual "Doodle 4 Google" contest, as announced by Google India, reports The Hindu.
A Space exploration doodle featuring a young girl camping in a hillock gazing at the night sky with a telescope has won Ms. More the top prize.
The Doodle 4 Google contest was themed “What inspires me?" was open for students from Class one to ten under five categories based on the age of the participant. The contest saw participation of 75,000 schoolchildren all over the country.
"I was extremely inspired by space exploration as there is still so much more to know about our Universe." said More. Her doodle was shown on Google’s India website on Wednesday (14 November).
Arun Iyer, famous artist along with YouTube Kids Creator, Harun Robert, YouTube Creator Sejal Kumar and the Google Doodles team lead, Ryan Germick chose the winners. The winner was decided along with 3,00,000 votes from the public, a Google India statement said.
The winner will get Rs 5 lakh college scholarship and Rs 2 lakh 'Technology package' for their school in addition to a trophy and a trip to Google India Office.
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