new delhi delhi sports university dsu signed its first mou with university of east london on tuesday chief minister arvind kejriwal called it a historic moment as the sports university will nurture talent from across india and not just delhitalking about his vision for the sports university and delhi sports policy kejriwal said theres a nagging feeling in every indians heart that despite being a country of 130 crore people weve only won a handful of medals its very sad keeping that in mind we started this university we want to initiate a sports culture that can catapult underprivileged children to the global arena so that our country can win many medalsthe agreement was signed to cooperate in the field of higher education both the universities will cooperate in the exchange of knowledge explore research and innovation opportunities in the fields of sports science staff and student exchange this will help develop new courses and careers thereby improving the sports ecosystem in both countries stated the governmentvivienne stern international director uk universities barbara wickham country director british council india karnam malleswari vicechancellor dsu senior education leaders from india and the uk and other dignitaries were present on the occasion today marks the momentous collaboration between dsu and university of east london dsu was established recently with a highly ambitious vision not just for delhi but for the entire nation said kejriwalspeaking about his first meeting with malleswari after she was appointed as vc kejriwal said i have a vivid memory of meeting karnam malleswari for the first time when she was appointed the dsu vc i told her that i was a huge fan of her work and proud of her achievements i distinctly remember telling her that our hope in her new role was that she transforms the dream each citizen has envisioned for indian sports into reality the success of dsu will be gauged based on the number of medals india secures in the olympics delhi government approached the uk university as it has a very rich experience in the field of sports they have a deep and meaningful relationship with the olympics which will benefit us in realising our dream we are going to sign similar mous in the future with prestigious universities across the world and leverage on their experience said the cmmeanwhile delhi bjp spokesperson praveen shankar kapoor said by getting an mou signed between its nonexistent delhi sports university and university of east london delhi government has shown that it masters the art of misleading people two year ago the kejriwal government had announced the setting up of dsu but it exists only on paper and even the foundation stone has not been laid