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Prof G V Sreekumar is Professor at Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, in Mumbai. He is well known for his expertise in typography, fonts, visual design, graphics and typeface. He can identify about 200 typefaces at a glance. He is also a good artist, known for his quick, confident and minimalist strokes.

He studied M.Des at IIT Bombay and has mentored many students in typography, graphics and font design. He is one of the few font experts in India who is passionate about Indian typography. An expert at customising fonts, he has customised the Indian Rupee symbol for various publications including Outlook. Customising a font is an extremely tricky exercise, which requires disparate skillsets such as artistry in designing fonts, ability to tell the difference between curves, serif thickness, strokes, etc., the knowledge to identity the layering of defining and subordinate characters of a typeface, and, more than anything, the talent to create a singular entity that cannot be confused with any other typeface.

His contribution to Indian typefaces is immense. He has mentored Prof. Uday Kumar, assistant professor at IIT Guwahati, who designed the Indian Rupee symbol. Prof. Uday Kumar took his M.Des at IDC at IIT Bombay and did his PhD under Prof G V Sreekumar as his guide.

Prof G V Sreekumar has worked with The Times of India, Metropolis On Saturday, Gentleman magazine, Chip, Digit, etc. He has redesigned many media publications including Society, Savvy, Women's Era, Chip, Overdrive, Chandamama, etc, and designed book covers.

Prof G V Sreekumar is also an animal lover, known for his geniality as much as for his humility.