Google announced the winner of the 2022 Doodle for Google competition on Monday. Shlok Mukherjee of Kolkata was named the winner for India this year for his inspirational Doodle titled “India on the Center Stage.” On November 14, Shlok’s Doodle will also be published on Google.co.in (Monday).
Shlok won the competition, which featured over 115,000 entries from over 100 cities.”We were especially encouraged that technological innovation and sustainability emerged as common themes across many of the Doodles,” Google said in a news release.
They were tasked with selecting 20 finalists from throughout the country, based on aesthetic value, innovation, alignment with the prize topic, and uniqueness and freshness of the approach. The top 20 doodles were displayed online for public voting . Aside from the national champion, four group winners were chosen. The Doodle for Google competition encourages and celebrates young people’s creativity and imagination.
The national winner of the competition would also receive a Rs 5,00,000 college scholarship, a Rs 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, according to the tech giant.
