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"Never expected such a debate to ever occur": Rupee symbol designer Udaya Dharmalingam over TN Budget row
After Tamil Nadu introduced a new rupee 'Ru' symbol on its state budget, IIT Guwahati professor Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, the designer of the official Indian rupee symbol, expressed surprise over the ...
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Tracing ₹'s roots: History, design, adoption and controversies; how rupee symbol came to be
In the competition, the design by Tamil Nadu's D. Udaya Kumar had won. The ₹ symbol that we use today traces back to his idea. The design combination of the Devanagari letter र and the English ...
Rupee symbol creator Udaya Kumar on Tamil Nadu's 'Rs' row: 'Don’t have any reaction'
My father was an MLA even before I was born. Now, he is old and living in our village, leading his life peacefully. It just happened to be a coincidence, says Udaya Kumar.