Nearly five years after Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to become the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Delhi Sports University, the government h Nearly five years after Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to become the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal was appointed as the first...
Nearly five years after Karnam Malleswari — who won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to become the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal — was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of Delhi Sports University, the government has initiated the process to appoint the university’s next head.
The Directorate of Higher Education has invited applications for the post, with the last date for submission set as October 16. The V-C will be appointed for a five-year term and can be reappointed for one more term, subject to conditions.
The eligibility criteria requires that the candidate should be a distinguished sports scholar, sportsperson of international eminence, coach of international eminence, or a professor in a reputed sports institution or academy with at least 10 years of experience.
The inclusion of an internationally eminent sports coach and a professor from a reputed sports institution or academy is based on the First Statutes of Delhi Sports University, notified in January 2022. The Delhi Sports University Act, 2019, under Section 26, states that the Vice-Chancellor shall be a “Sports scholar or a sports person of international eminence”. The First Statutes, made under the Act, also list qualifications required for the post.
Malleswari was appointed as the university’s first V-C in 2021, when the institution was being established under the Delhi Sports University Act. The university’s statutory mandate covers sports education and training, the identification and development of sporting talent, and research and teaching in sports science and related disciplines.
