Akash says that it is not always that men make history, women do that too. Nobody can forget the contributions of women like Indira Gandhi, Rani Laxmibai, Kalpana Chawla, Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal. These women have made our country proud.
Akash Shetty, a class X student of St Aloysius High School in Mangalore, grabbed the top spot in the third category, meant for students from classes VIII to X. It was the second title for Mangalore in the contest's history.
Shetty was trained by artist John Chandran. He is also a recipient of the State government's Kalashree award.
Santhosh Lobo, a computer teacher at St Aloysius, praised the winner's capability to capture subjects with clarity.
Meanwhile, the award winning doodle titled'Sky's The Limit for Indian Women' by Gayatri Ketharaman from Bishop's Co-Ed School, Pune will go live on the Google (India) homepage on November 14, Children's Day and reflect the artistic merit, creativity, and expression of the theme.
In Category 1 (Class I- III), Madhuram Vatsal from St. Francis's College, Lucknow was the winner with the D4G titled'Celebrating Indian Women' and in Category 2 (ClassIV-VI) Binita Biswajeeta, from D.A.V Public School, Balasore, Odissa was the winner with D4G titled ' Women Are Future'.
All the finalists will receive a Google Goodie bag and an Acer C720 Chromebook.
The Doodle4Google competition, an annual Google India property, was launched in 2009 and is open to students from grades I to X, who are invited to design the Google Doodle to celebrate Children's Day in the country. The theme for this year's competition was 'Celebrating Indian Women', and Google received over 1.5 lakh entries, from more than 1,500 schools across 100 cities. The jury included actor Kirron Kher and Ajit Ninan.
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