IIT post-graduate gives Rupee its symbol

The jury has given its verdict: the rupee will retain its Indian character with an international flavour. The five-member panel has chosen IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar's design from among five shortlisted symbols and recommended it for Cabinet approval.

Kumar's symbol (on the left) is an amalgam of the Devanagari 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' without the stem, very much in line with what Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had envisioned. "We intend to formalise a symbol for the Indian rupee which reflects and captures Indian ethos and culture," Mukherjee said in his Budget speech this year.

The chosen symbol has the Finance Minister's approval, said a Ministry official.

The Ministry had organised a symbol design competition with a prize money of Rs 2.5 lakh with the condition that it should be applicable to the standard keyboard, be in the national language script or a visual representation and should represent the historical and cultural ethos of the country.

While the basic aim of the new symbol is to provide the Indian rupee international recognition as the country's economy exerts more influence in the global space, the unique sign will also help isolate the currency from the current abbreviation 'Rs' which is used by neighbouring Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Kumar's concept, an official said, is based on the Tricolour and "arithmetic equivalence". While the white space between the two horizontal lines gives the impression of the national flag with the Ashok Chakra, the two bold parallel lines stand for 'equals to', representing balance in the economy, both within and with other economies of the world.

When contacted, Kumar said he was unaware of his design having been ranked first by the jury. "I hope your news is real," he told The Indian Express from IIT Bombay. He joins IIT Guwahati as a faculty member in the Department of Design tomorrow.

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Since the early days of the United Nations, the UN has established a set of Days and Weeks to help focus the world on the issues in which the UN has an interest and commitment. The UN calls on Member States and other organizations to mark these days in ways which reflect their priorities.

January

27 International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

February

20 World Day of Social Justice (as of 2009)

21 International Mother Language Day

March

8 International Women's Day and

United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace

21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21-28 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination

22 World Water Day

23 World Meteorological Day

April

4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

7 World Health Day

23 World Book and Copyright Day

May

3 World Press Freedom Day

15 International Day of Families

17 World Information Society Day (formerly World Telecommunication Day)

21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22 International Day for Biological Diversity (formerly December 29, changed in 2001)

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29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

31 World No-Tobacco Day

June

4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

5 World Environment Day

17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

20 World Refugee Day

23 United Nations Public Service Day

26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking and

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July

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11 World Population Day

August

9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People

12 International Youth Day

23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

September

8 International Literacy Day

15 International Day of Democracy

16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

21 International Day of Peace (formerly the opening day of the UN General Assembly, changed to a set date as of 2002)

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