Rupee symbol: The controversy over the three-lingual formula of the National Education Policy between Tamil Nadu and the Center increased so much that the DMK government removed the Devanagari symbol ‘₹’ of the rupee from its logo and used the Tamil letter ‘ரூ’. However, the funny thing was that the symbol he removed was actually designed by a person from Tamil Nadu. Even more important is that the person himself belongs to the DMK party.
Currently IIT Guwahati Professor D. Uday Kumar designed a symbol of rupee. His father has been a former DMK MLA in Tamil Nadu. Now when Uday Kumar was asked the opinion on this decision of the Stalin government, he said himself keeping himself away from this controversy.
‘It depends on the state government’
Uday Kumar said in a conversation with PTI, ‘I have no response to this. The government felt that change was needed and if they want to change it with the letter of their own script, they can do it. It is dependent on the state government. I have nothing to say about this. He also said that it is just a coincidence that a person associated with Tamil Nadu and DMK designed this.
Symbol was adopted in 2010
This symbol of rupee was officially adopted by the Government of India on 15 July 2010. The Government of India had held a competition, in which Uday Kumar’s design was considered the best. After this, it was adopted as a new symbol of rupee.
Post Graduate from Uday Kumar IIT Bombay
Uday Kumar’s father N Dharmalingam has been a DMK MLA from Rishivandium constituency. Dharmalingam had four children. Uday Kumar was his second son. Uday was born in 1978 in Chennai. He graduated from Anna University and then did post graduation from IIT Bombay.
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