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Over 1,300 college students will participate, he said.Malaprabha was also felicitated by KLE Society on Saturday. Belagavi: KLE Society has taken responsibility for the further education of Malaprabha Jadhav , who brought laurels to Belagavi as well as the country by winning a bronze medal in Kurash in the recent Asian Games On Saturday, KLES chairman Prabhakar Kore said, “We have taken the responsibility of her education till graduation. She said when she met PM Modi after returning from the Asian Games, the PM had asked her about her native.When she told him about Belagavi in Karnataka, Modi assured her about speaking to Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar Kore to offer her further help.Malaprabha’s coaches - Triveni Singh and Jitendra Singh, vice chancellor of KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (KAHER) Dr Vivek Saoji, registrar Dr V D Patil and KLES secretary B G Desai were present. “We have taken his words as a challenge,” he said adding that he will urge union sports minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathod to consider Belagavi for building a state-of-art sports complex under the Khelo India Khelo programme.Kore said Malaprabha will be invited as a chief guest for the Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan programme planned at Ankali village of Chikkodi taluk on October 2, commemorating the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. We will also provide her hostel, gym, swimming pool and other state of art facilities including a foreign coach to help her prepare for the next Olympics ,” Kore said.Malaprabha, 19, from Turmuri village, 10km from here won a bronze medal in the Asian Games by beating all the odds including a weak financial background.4 more players to benefitKore said KLES will also adopt national and international judo and kurash players Kushal Lohar and Geeta K D from Belagavi district, Vasundhara M N of Mandya and Avinash V of Shivamogga.Kore added that during the centenary celebration of KLE Society two years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had highlighted the need of developing Olympic worth players from Belagavi..