Google celebrates Children’s Day with artwork by 2022 doodle contest winner Shlok Mukherjee

India is celebrating Children’s Day today. And tech giant, Google has come up with the best way to spread cheer on the occasion. The tech behemoth began its Children’s Day celebrations by announcing the winners of its Doodle for Google Competition.

Shlok Mukherjee from Kolkata bagged the coveted competition in India. The young boy’s doodle highlights his hopes for India’s growth in terms of science and technology. According to Google, there were over 115,000 entries from children form Classes 1 to 10 from over 100 cities in India. The students were expected to create doodles on the theme of’ In the next 25 years, my India will…”

Google in its official release said that it was heartening to witness students pour out their creativity. Themes such as advancement of technology and sustainability were artfully expressed by children in their doodles.


“We are thrilled to announce this year’s National Winner of the India Doodle for Google contest: Shlok Mukherjee from Delhi Public School in NewTown, Kolkata, with his thoughtful and inspiring Doodle titled, "India on the center stage,” read Google’s release.

Shlok wrote that in the next 25 years, India will have scientists develop eco-friendly robots for the betterment of humanity. He wrote that India will have regular intergalactic travels from Earth to space and that India will develop more in the field of Yoga and Ayurveda in the coming years.

Google will feature the doodle by Shlok for 24 hours on November 14, 2022. The judges for the Doodle for Google panel included actor Neena Gupta, Editor-in-Chief at Tinkle Comics Kuriakose Vaisian, and YouTube Creators Slayypoint, artist and entrepreneur Alika Bhatt.

The judges shortlisted 20 finalists from across the country based on artistic merit, creativity, alignment with theme and novelty approach of contestants. Kanakala Shrinika, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam is the winner in the Group 1-2 category, while Divyanshi Singhal, Delhi Public School, Gurgaon, won the contest in the Group 5-6 category. Pihu Kachhap, SGBM School, Ranchi won in the Group 7-8 category and Puppala Indira Jahnavi, Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Visakhapatnam won in the Group 9-10.

Each year Children’s Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Also known as Chacha Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India was fond of children. The day is also celebrated to recognise the needs of children and protect their rights. The former prime minister believed that children play a key role in shaping the future of the nation.