Udaya Kumar
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Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, ( utaya kumār tarumaliṅkam, born 10 October 1978 in Chennai
), is the designer of the Indian rupee sign
. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. Udaya Kumar explained that the design is based on the Indian tricolour.
, IIT Bombay (2010). Udaya received his master’s degree, MDes in Visual Communication
from IDC
, IIT Bombay (2003) and bachelor’s degree in architecture, B.Arch from the School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) at Anna University
, Chennai (2001).
typography. He has completed his PhD
on Tamil typography at IDC
, IIT Bombay.
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.
. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni approved the new Indian currency rupee symbol design which was conceptualized by an IIT post-graduate student Mr. D Udaya Kumar on Thursday 15 July 2010. gets prize money of Rs 2,50,000.
Minister Ambika Soni also said that the “new Indian currency rupee symbol in use but she said it would take approximately six months in India and on the subject of two years to make it recognized all other countries government worldwide”.
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
), is the designer of the Indian rupee sign
Indian rupee sign
The Indian rupee sign is the currency sign used for the Indian rupee, the official currency of India. It is relatively new, the design only having been presented to the public by the Government of India on 15 July 2010, following its selection through an open competition among Indian residents...
. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. Udaya Kumar explained that the design is based on the Indian tricolour.
Personal life
Kumar is a son of N. Dharmalingam, a former DMK MLA.Academics
Kumar pursued his doctoral studies at IDCIndustrial Design Centre
Industrial Design Centre is a premier Design School in India, established in 1969, by the government of India at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai ....
, IIT Bombay (2010). Udaya received his master’s degree, MDes in Visual Communication
Visual communication
Visual communication as the name suggests is communication through visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon...
from IDC
Industrial Design Centre
Industrial Design Centre is a premier Design School in India, established in 1969, by the government of India at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai ....
, IIT Bombay (2003) and bachelor’s degree in architecture, B.Arch from the School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) at Anna University
Anna University
Anna University was a premier technical university in Tamil Nadu, India. Anna University was formed on September 4, 1978, as a unitary university that integrated four technical institutions in the city of Chennai , including the College of Engineering, Guindy, Alagappa College of Technology,...
, Chennai (2001).
Research
His areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design and design research with special focus on TamilTamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
typography. He has completed his PhD
PHD
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on Tamil typography at IDC
Industrial Design Centre
Industrial Design Centre is a premier Design School in India, established in 1969, by the government of India at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai ....
, IIT Bombay.
He has also designed a Tamil font named "Parashakti" as a mini project at Industrial Design Centre
Industrial Design Centre
Industrial Design Centre is a premier Design School in India, established in 1969, by the government of India at the campus of Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai ....
, IDC, under the guidance of Prof. G. V. Sreekumar. During his MDes project, he wrote and designed a book on Tamil typography
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...
, 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.
. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni approved the new Indian currency rupee symbol design which was conceptualized by an IIT post-graduate student Mr. D Udaya Kumar on Thursday 15 July 2010. gets prize money of Rs 2,50,000.
Minister Ambika Soni also said that the “new Indian currency rupee symbol in use but she said it would take approximately six months in India and on the subject of two years to make it recognized all other countries government worldwide”.