New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- Ruth Kedar, an immigrant to the United States, was already accomplished and teaching at the Stanford University when two PhD students approached her with a proposal. She accepted the deal and took the work seriously, and designed a logo for something that defied the tests of time.

Ruth Kedar, a Brazilian immigrant, was the mind behind Google's iconic logo, that the search engine giant is honouring today on its 27th birthday.

Here is everything you need to know about Ruth Kedar, the woman behind the iconic Google logo that changed the world.

Ruth Kedar was born in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, in 1955. It was on the eve of her 16th birthday that her parents moved to Israel to start a new life.

As a teenager, ...