Prof. D. Udaya Kumar
Faculty and Head, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, India

Dr. D. Udaya Kumar is the designer of Indian Rupee Symbol.
At present, he is teaching at IIT Guwahati as an Associate Professor as well as the head of the Department of Design. He has completed his PhD in design from Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. Udaya has a Master’s degree in Design (Visual communication) and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. He worked as a senior designer and then as a design head in a monthly magazine – Intelligent Computing CHIP. His two years professional experience in the publishing house has given him a good knowledge on print media. His areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design, architecture and design research with special focus on Tamil typography.

Contact details: d.udaya@gmail.com