D. Udaya Kumar

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D. Udaya Kumar is an Indian academic and designer best known for creating the modern symbol of the Indian rupee currency.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian national
academic
designer
human
type designer
areaOfActivity currency symbol design
awardReceived winner of Indian rupee symbol design competition
countryOfBirth India
countryOfCitizenship India
degree Bachelor of Architecture
Master of Design
designed Indian rupee
surface form: Indian rupee sign
designIncorporates Devanagari letter Ra
Latin letter R
parallel horizontal lines representing tricolour and equality
educatedAt Anna University
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
surface form: Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
employer Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
ethnicGroup Tamil
fieldOfWork graphic design
type design
visual communication
gender male
givenName Udaya
knownFor creating the modern symbol of the Indian rupee currency
languageSpoken English
Tamil
languageWritten English
name D. Udaya Kumar self-link
nationality Indian
notableWork design of the Indian rupee sign
occupation academic
designer
type designer
participatedIn Indian rupee symbol design competition
placeOfBirth Chennai
positionHeld assistant professor
faculty member in design
residence India
symbolDesigned
workLocation Assam
Guwahati
India

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