Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Welcome Your New Rupee Symbol 4.28K Max Read 07/16/10 01:52AM Filed to: Money Money India rupees Symbols Semiotics Congratulations to Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam! The graduate student's design for a new Indian rupee symbol, which beat out 3,000 others, was approved by India's cabinet on Thursday. The symbol combines the Roman "R" with the Devanagari "Ra." [Reuters]