D. Udaya Kumar
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | IDC, IIT Bombay (PhD) IDC, IIT Bombay (MDes) Anna University (B.Arch.) |
| Occupation(s) | Assistant professor, IIT Guwahati |
| Known for | The designer of Indian rupee symbol (2010) |
Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam ,(Tamil: உதய குமார் தருமலிங்கம் utaya kumār tarumaliṅkam)(Hindi: उदय कुमार धर्मलिंगम), from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is the designer of the Indian rupee symbol [1]. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols[2]. Udaya Kumar explained that the design is based on the Indian tricolour.
According to DNA India Newspaper their are many flaws in selection of rupee symbol.and his entry for competition was invalid.
Indian broadcasting and information minister Ambika Soni,told the media that the cabinet’s discussions did not touch upon claims of flaws in the selection process.
When asked about RTI activist claims about the selection process, a member of the jury, who did not want to be identified, said the jury was not aware of the RTI application.
Personal life
Udaya Kumar was born on 10 October 1978 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Academics
D. Udaya Kumar pursued his doctoral studies at IDC, IIT Bombay (2010). Udaya received his master’s degree, MDes in visual communication from IDC, IIT Bombay (2003) and bachelor’s degree in architecture from the School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) at Anna University, Chennai (2001).
Research
His areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design and design research with special focus on Tamil typography. He has just[when?] completed his PhD on Tamil typography at IDC, IIT Bombay. [3]. He has also designed a tamil font named "Parashakti" as a mini project at Industrial Design Centre, IDC, under the guidance of Prof. G. V. Sreekumar. During his MDes project, he wrote and designed a book on Tamil typography, which is the first attempt at bringing a topic like typography to a Tamil audience. In this book, Kumar also created new Tamil terminology for many typographic terms where English words were used. [4]
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