Google today celebrated ‘Children’s Day’ on the 125th birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He was born on November 14, 1889, in Allahabad. On the occasion of Nehru’s birth anniversary, Google’s homepage is adorned with a special doodle created under its Doodle 4 Google 2015 contest. The doodle was drawn by 9-year-old P Karthik from Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam. He stood as the winner of 7th Doodle 4 Google competition held on the occasion of Children’s Day.

Every year, Google invites entries for the doodles that later on appear on their homepage to celebrate the occasion with various events throughout the year. This year, the theme for the Google 4 Doodle was ‘Create Something for India’. The company received a lot of entries from children across the country as a part of the contest. At last, there were 12 finalists and among them, the winning entry was by P Karthik from Andhra Pradesh. Google celebrated the Children’s Day by displaying his doodle on the Google India homepage today.

Description for P.Karthik’s Doodle

The doodle drawn by the winner shows a Plastic to Earth Machine, which is an idea aimed at reversing the damage done to the environment due to increased industrialisation. Karthik describes his vision for the doodle as, “This machine will recycle all the plastic waste from our country and turn it into a material which helps the growth of mother nature. This machine will turn the most powerful evil plastic into green.”

Other Participants

Group two participant, Saloni Singh of UK Convent School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh describes her doodle as, “My machine will solve the biggest problem of our country poverty. This machine will feed poor and then educate them so that they can move away from poverty and move closer to prosperity”

Group three participant, Sumedh H Supe of Delhi Public School, Udaipur, Rajasthan describes his doodle as, “This device would allow people to work while they sleep. People will be able to think of their most creative/imaginative thoughts in their sleep while everything is recorded in this machine and then in morning a print out can be taken to make these dreams into reality.”

Doodle4Google is an annual competition which will be held by Google every year to have children create a logo that will be featured on the Google homepage. This is an amazing contest conducted by Google that digs the talent of every child. The occasion marks the birth anniversary of India’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.