D. Udaya Kumar, an academic and designer from Tamil Nadu, was the man behind the distinctive rupee symbol, which was officially adopted by the Indian government on July 15, 2010.

Chennai: Professor D. Udaya Kumar, the IIT Guwahati academic who designed the official ₹ (rupee) symbol, has distanced himself from the controversy over Tamil Nadu’s 2025-26 budget logo, which ...

IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who designed the Indian rupee symbol, distanced himself from the controversy over Tamil Nadu's decision to replace the Devanagari symbol with a Tamil letter ...

Reacting swiftly, the BJP criticised Stalin’s decision and pointed out that the rupee symbol was designed by Udaya Kumar, a Tamil Nadu-born designer. Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai took a jibe ...

In an exclusive interview with India Today, Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, the designer of the rupee symbol, talked about how he designed the rupee symbol, the message he wanted to send and the ...

The rupee symbol was designed by Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, an IIT professor and the son of a former DMK MLA. This gave the BJP ammo to blast the DMK government.

She also pointed out that the symbol was designed by D Udaya Kumar, the son of former DMK MLA N Dharmalingam. “The DMK government has removed the official rupee symbol ‘₹’ from Tamil Nadu ...

D. Udaya Kumar, the man who designed the rupee symbol, shared his thoughts on the Tamil Nadu government's decision to replace the official rupee symbol with the Tamil letter for 'ru' from 'rubai ...

Chennai, March 13 -- The rupee symbol, which was replaced by DMK-led state government in its Budget document with a Tamil letter, was designed by the son of ex-DMK MLA and IIT professor Udaya ...

Chennai/IBNS, March 14 -- Design expert and IIT professor Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, who designed the rupee symbol, has reacted to the Tamil Nadu government's controversial decision to replace the ...

The Indian rupee symbol was officially adopted in 2010 and was designed by D Udaya Kumar, a professor at IIT Guwahati, who combined the Devanagari letter and the Latin capital “R” with a ...

Thirty one-year-old D. Udaya Kumar, a post-graduate student from the country's premier Indian Institute of Technology, who recently took up an assistant professorship at IIT Guwahati - gives The ...