Enjoy Every Moment
The competition asks children to draw an idea rather than a picture, and Telang's answer was a piece of advice. Google India framed the result around the message: a sixth-grader who wanted to teach the whole world to enjoy every moment in life and make it a happier place.
That is a harder brief than it looks. The doodle has to work as the word Google, at homepage size, while carrying a sentiment that could easily become a slogan. Winning entries tend to translate the abstraction into something concrete and visible; a drawing about enjoying the moment has to show moments being enjoyed rather than announce the idea.
Children's Day on the homepage
The doodle ran on Google's Indian homepage on 14 November, the day India marks as Children's Day. That placement, rather than any cash prize, is the substance of the award: for one day the drawing becomes the default image in front of a large share of the country's internet users.
Google India has consistently tied the Indian edition of the competition to that date, which gives the competition an annual rhythm and links a children's art contest to the national day for children. The announcement post carries the winner's name, school and city, and is generally the fullest published account of the result.
A sixth-grader from Balewadi
Telang was at Vibgyor High School in Balewadi, a suburb of Pune. She was eleven, in the sixth grade, and competing in a national contest that is open across the whole school system rather than segregated by age at the final stage.
That single detail is what makes any Doodle 4 Google India win substantial. The competition draws entries in very large numbers from across the country, and the national winner is selected from the entire field, so a sixth-grader's drawing must stand against work by students several years further into their art education.
Where Anvita Telang is now
No source used here reports anything about her after the November 2016 announcement. Whether she continued with art, what she studied, and where she is now are not documented in this record.
The competition publishes a winner and does not follow up, which is why the trail ends where it does. She was eleven at the time and is a young adult now, and this page confines itself to what was published while she was a child.
What Doodle 4 Google rewards
The competition is unusual among children's art prizes in that technical skill is not the main criterion. A doodle is judged on whether an idea survives the format: six letters, a small canvas, and a single glance from a viewer who came to the page to search for something else.
That is why the winning entries across the Indian editions look so different from one another and yet share a structure. Each takes one clear idea — a machine, a musical tradition, a piece of advice — and finds a way to build the logo out of it. Telang's contribution to that sequence was the simplest kind of idea and the hardest to draw: a mood.
| Person | Country | Milestone | Age / Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Lopez | United States | Winner, 2011 US Doodle 4 Google, aged 7 | Age 7 |
| Varsha Gupta | India | Winner, Doodle 4 Google India 2011, aged 7 | Age 7 |
| P. Karthik | India | Winner, Doodle 4 Google India 2015, aged 9 | Age 9 |
| Anvita Prashant Telang | India | Winner, Doodle 4 Google India 2016, aged 11 | Age 11 |
| Akshay Raj | India | Winner, 2nd Doodle 4 Google India, 2010, aged 14 | Age 14 |
What is documented — and what is not
✓ Documented
- Winner of Doodle 4 Google India 2016 with 'Enjoy Every Moment', announced 11 November 2016
- Aged 11 and a sixth-grade student at Vibgyor High School, Balewadi, Pune
- The doodle ran on Google's Indian homepage for Children's Day
? Unverified, disputed or wrong
- No exact date of birth published
- No prize amount stated in the source used here
- No reporting found on her art or studies after 2016
Questions people ask about Anvita Prashant Telang
What was Anvita Telang's winning doodle?
Enjoy Every Moment, which Google India described as a wish to teach the world to enjoy every moment in life and make it a happier place.
How old was she when she won?
Eleven. She was a sixth-grade student when Google India announced the result in November 2016.
Which school did she attend?
Vibgyor High School in Balewadi, Pune.
When was the doodle shown?
On Children's Day, 14 November, on Google's Indian homepage.
Where is Anvita Telang now?
No source used here reports anything about her after the 2016 announcement.
Is Anvita Telang on Wikipedia?
No Wikipedia article on her was found. The win is recorded on Google India's official blog.
What is Doodle 4 Google?
A competition in which schoolchildren redraw the Google logo around a prompt. National editions are judged separately, and the winning doodle runs on that country's Google homepage.
Did she win a cash prize?
The source used here records the homepage placement but does not state a prize amount.
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Sources
- 'Enjoy every moment in life' is what 6th Grade Student from Pune wants to teach the entire world — Official Google India Blog, 2016-11-11
Checked by the Geniuses.club editorial team. Ages are given as of September 2026.
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