The Indian government announced a contest to create a symbol for the rupee on march , 2009.There were a total of 3331 designs received by the Indian government and out of which five designs were shortlisted.
The design by Mr Udaya Kumar ,a student of Industrial Design centre at IIT Bombay has been selected for the symbol and it has been announced on July 5th 2010. He will get an award of rupees 2.5 lakh from Finance Ministry.
The design is based on tri colour of Indian Flag with 2 lines at the top and white space in between. It is a blend of Devanagri and roman ‘R’ without the stem.
According to Indian government this symbol will be adopted within 6 months in India and within 18 to 24 month it will have the feature on computer keyboards and software as well as in print and electronics media.
The Indian currency symbol will not be printed or embossed on paper notes or coins. It would be included in the ‘Unicode Standard’ and major scripts of world.
The design by Mr Udaya Kumar ,a student of Industrial Design centre at IIT Bombay has been selected for the symbol and it has been announced on July 5th 2010. He will get an award of rupees 2.5 lakh from Finance Ministry.
The design is based on tri colour of Indian Flag with 2 lines at the top and white space in between. It is a blend of Devanagri and roman ‘R’ without the stem.
According to Indian government this symbol will be adopted within 6 months in India and within 18 to 24 month it will have the feature on computer keyboards and software as well as in print and electronics media.
The Indian currency symbol will not be printed or embossed on paper notes or coins. It would be included in the ‘Unicode Standard’ and major scripts of world.
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