Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, IIT Guwahati professor and son of a former DMK MLA, designed the Indian rupee symbol 15 years ago in 2010.

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 Tamil Nadu government unveiled a new Tamil-script-based rupee logo for the 2025-26 state budget, sparking political discussions. IIT Professor D Udaya Kumar, designer of the original Indian rupee ...

IIT Guwahati Professor D. Udaya Kumar discusses Tamil Nadu's new rupee logo, designed by him, amid controversy.

His creation, which incorporates elements from the Devanagari 'Ra' and the Roman 'R,' was officially adopted as the national currency symbol in 2010 under the Manmohan Singh-led government ...

Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, designer of the Indian rupee symbol, responded to controversy over Tamil Nadu's decision to replace it with the Tamil letter ...

The Tamil Nadu government has long been at odds with the Centre over language policies, with repeated accusations that the Union government is attempting to impose Hindi.

The rupee (₹) symbol was introduced less than 15 years ago, chosen from thousands of designs. Incidentally, the design that was selected was created by the son of a former DMK MLA ...

GUWAHATI: Hours after the Tamil Nadu government released a new rupee logo for the state budget, IIT Guwahati Professor D Udaya Kumar, who had designed the Indian rupee symbol, on Thursday refused to ...