Chennai/IBNS, March 14 -- Design expert and IIT professor Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam, who designed the rupee symbol, has reacted to the Tamil Nadu government's controversial decision to replace the sign with a Tamil word, media reports said.

"I was only concerned about the task (in hand) at that time. I was trying to address the competition brief and fulfill that. I also wanted to create something that's universal and simple, which had an impact and was meaningful. I never thought a thing (controversy) would happen today," he added.

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday dropped the rupee symbol, which was presented by the India government in 2010, in the promotional material of the state budget 2025-2026 amid the ongoing language debate i...