Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday extended his hear-tiest congratulations to Vaidehi Reddy, a 9th standard student from Pune, for winning the sixth edition of Doodle4Google contest through her beau-tiful depiction of the colourful natural and cultu-ral mosaic of Assam.
Gogoi said the over-whelming love and affection shown by Pune girl for Assam in her doodle of the day creation on Children’s Day was indeed commen-dable and praiseworthy.
“I extend my heartiest congratulations to her for depicting Assam so beautifully in her Doodle design. She has showcased Assam on an international platform in a befitting manner and I congratulate her for that.”
Gogoi said Assam government would invite Vaidehi and her family to fulfil her wish to visit Assam. “I extend invitation to Vaidehi and her family to visit Assam. My Government will arrange everything during her stay here. I would also invite her to have breakfast with me,” he added.
Vaidehi, who loves drawing and sketching ever since she was in 3rd standard, expressed her yearning to
visit Assam.
After winning the competition, she said, “I want to go to Assam because it is rich in both, natural beauty and culture. Its music and rich folk arts are also very good.”The theme for this year’s competition was “A place in India I wish to visit,” and Vaidehi in her doodle portrayed Assam as “Natu-ral and Cultural Paradise.”
She highlighted the famous wildlife of the state – the one-horned rhinoceros and the tiger ; the Bihu dance, bamboo trees, tea bags denoting the luscious green farms of tea.
The Doodle4Google competition, an annual Google India property, was launched in 2009 and is open to students from grades 1 to 10. The students are invited to design the Google Doodle to celebrate
Children’s Day in the country.
This year’s contest saw record breaking entries of over one million, from more than 1700 schools across 50 Indian cities. Later, the final 12 doodles were shortlisted and put up for online voting and Vaidehi eventually emerged the winner
