Background
Udaya Kumar is son of N. Dharmalingam, a former DMK Modern Language Association.
Udaya Kumar is son of N. Dharmalingam, a former DMK Modern Language Association.
Udaya Kumar finished his schooling from la chatelaine, chennai. He obtained a bachelor"s degree in architecture (Bachelor of Architecture) from the School of Architecture and Planning (Systems, Applications and Products) at Anna University, Chennai in 2001.
His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. According to Udaya Kumar the design is based on the Indian tricolour. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati.
Subsequently he received his master"s degree, an MDes in Visual Communication, from the Industrial Design Centre (International Data Corporation) of IIT Bombay in 2003.
He also did his doctoral studies at the International Data Corporation, receiving his Doctor of Philosophy in 2010. His areas of interest include graphic design, typography, type design and design research with special focus on Tamil typography (the subject of his doctoral research).
He has also designed a Tamil font named "Parashakti" as a mini project at the International Data Corporation, under the guidance of Professor G. V. Sreekumar, who is one of the few font experts in the country.
During his MDes project he wrote and designed a book on Tamil typography, which is the first attempt at bringing such a subject to a Tamil audience.
In this book Udaya Kumar also created new Tamil terminology for many typographic terms where English words were used. He also provided guidance for the designing of the official mascot for the 49th Inter IIT Sports Meet, Bhaiti. Minister of Information and Broadcasting Ambika Soni approved the new Indian currency rupee symbol design conceptualized by Udaya Kumar on July 15, 2010.
Udaya Kumar was awarded prize money of ₹ 250,000 for his efforts.