The rupee symbol (`) was designed by Udaya Kumar, the son of a former DMK MLA, who currently serves as a professor at IIT. Before 2010, the Indian Rupee was represented internationally using ...

She highlighted the irony behind the decision, pointing out that the rupee symbol was designed by D Udaya Kumar, the son of former DMK MLA N Dharmalingam. "By erasing it now, the DMK is not only ...

In 2025, the rupee symbol found itself in a controversy again when the Tamil Nadu government let go of it in its Budget logo. IIT Guwahati professor Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, the designer of the ...

Udaya Kumar said there are different views and opinions, and that he would like to limit himself to the design aspect. Read: Tamil Nadu Replaces Rupee Symbol In State Budget Amid Massive Row With ...

The controversial move by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister has brought attention to an ironic fact - the now-dropped rupee symbol by the state was designed by a Tamilian man, D Udaya Kumar.

Udaya Kumar, who had designed the Indian rupee symbol, on Thursday (March 13, 2025) refused to be drawn into the controversy over language and said it is a mere coincidence that his father was a ...

The logo for the Tamil Nadu budget, carried ‘ru’, the first letter of Tamil word 'Rubaai', which denotes Indian currency in the vernacular language. The tussle over the three-language formula ...

The rupee symbol ‘₹’ was designed by Udaya Kumar, the son of a former DMK MLA and currently an IIT professor. The M.K. Stalin government has replaced the rupee symbol with the Tamil letter ...

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 ...

Sitharaman also drew attention to the irony of the move, mentioning that the rupee symbol had been created by D. Udaya Kumar, the son of ex-DMK MLA N. Dharmalingam. "By removing it now, the DMK is not ...

Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, designer of the Indian rupee symbol, responded to controversy over Tamil Nadu's decision to replace it with the Tamil letter 'Ru'. Criticism came from BJP's K Annamalai ...