new delhi indias first woman olympic medal winner karnam malleswari will be the first vicechancellor of delhi sports university malleswari was welcomed by chief minister arvind kejriwal and deputy chief minister manish sisodia on wednesdaykejriwal tweeted our dream of launching delhi sports university is coming true it gives me great pride that olympic medallist karnam malleswari will be first vicechancellor of delhi sports university we discussed the vision of delhi sports university todaymalleswari is a weightlifter who holds the honour of being the first woman from india to win a medal at olympics she had won a bronze medal at the sydney olympics in 2000 to date she remains the only woman weightlifter to have won an olympic medalit is my greatest pleasure to announce the appointment of the first vicechancellor of delhi sports university olympic medallist karnam malleswari our purpose to establish the university is to build and create athletes in our country who will make our nation proud we want to create an atmosphere where sports flourish and bring our players to a level where they bring at least 50 medals each year so that we can finally host olympic 2048 in the nation said sisodiadelhi assembly had in 2019 passed a bill to set up delhi sports university which will offer graduation postgraduation and doctorate degrees in cricket football and hockey among other sportssharing her vision malleswari said we should start visiting schools once they reopen and conduct a talent hunt for students interested in sports there are many children who take keen interests in sports but due to lack of any infrastructure they are unable to pursue their athletic dream we will identify students and match their athletic skills to the sports they are apt for we can use our existing infrastructure and our coaches can begin to identify the childrens athletic acumenthe intention of building a worldclass sports university is not to generate jobs but to provide a space for individuals to finally build their athletic talent said sisodia