D. Udaya Kumar | |
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.JPG) Udaya Kumar in April 2012 | |
| Born | 1978 Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Occupation(s) | Associate professor and Head of Department of Design, IIT Guwahati |
| Known for | The designer of the Indian rupee sign (2010) |
| Notable work | Indian rupee sign |
Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam is an Indian academic and designer noted for his design of the Indian rupee sign.[1] His design was selected from among five short listed symbols.[2] According to Kumar, the design is based on the Indian tricolour.[3]
As of December 2019,[update] he is the Head of the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati, Assam.[4]
- ^ "Rupee gets a new symbol". Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Final Selection for the Symbol for Indian Rupee – List of Five Entries: Ministry of Finance, Government of India". Finmin.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 July 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
- ^ "I hit upon representative Devanagari, says winner". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 16 July 2010.
- ^ "Department of Design, IIT Guwahati". Iitg.ernet.in. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2019.