Dr Nimai Parmar

Director of Programmes - Post Graduate

Nimai Parmar

  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department London Sports Institute

  • Location London

Research activities

Nimai is an Associate Professor in Sport Performance Analysis and is well known in his discipline. At Middlesex University, he leads the development and delivery of highly regarded MSc courses in Sport Performance Analysis, both on-campus and online distance education versions. Nimai's curriculum development experience is extensive and international, having created and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the UK and in several other countries, including India, Croatia, Lithuania, and America. He is a research-active academic who publishes regularly and presents his work at prestigious international and national conferences. 


Current Teaching

Nimai is Director of Postgraduate Sport Programmes and also is a Programme Leader for the MSc in Sport Performance Analysis (both on-campus and distance education). This involves teaching on all core modules and also undertake PGT and PGR thesis supervision. 

Leadership Roles:

  • Director of Postgraduate Sport Programmes
  • Programme Leader for MSc Sport Performance Analysis (both on-campus and distance education).

    • Module Leadership

  • SES4005 Performance Analysis
  • SES4061 Data Analysis & Visualisation

    • PGT Dissertation Supervision

  • MSc Dissertation Supervision

    • PGR Research Student Supervision

  • MSc by Research (Current (n=1), Completed (n=2))
  • PhD (Current (n=8), Completed (n=3))

    • Biography

    Nimai is an Associate Professor in Sport Performance Analysis and is well known in his discipline. At Middlesex University, he leads the development and delivery of highly regarded MSc courses in Sport Performance Analysis, both on-campus and online distance education versions. Nimai's curriculum development experience is extensive and international, having created and delivered undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the UK and in several other countries, including India, Croatia, Lithuania, and America. He is a research-active academic who publishes regularly and presents his work at prestigious international and national conferences. Please click on the 'Research Outputs & Interests' tab to see more.

    Nimai is committed to addressing underrepresentation in Sport Performance Analysis. He has designed and run innovative EDI mentorship programs in collaboration with leading industry partners. You can read more here, here, here and here. Nimai is highly engaged with industry and has established research projects and placement opportunities for his students with major international governing bodies and sports associations, as well as with professional and elite teams across various sports, including Olympic and Paralympic teams in collaboration with UK Sports Institute. Please click on the 'Funded Research & Knowledge Exchange Projects' tab to see more.

    Nimai's contributions to the development of International Accreditation frameworks for both applied and academic performance analysts are widely recognised, as are his organisational skills in leading international conferences and workshops. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS), where he actively works to advance the field of Sport Performance Analysis.

    You can follow Nimai on Twitter or connect on LinkedIn.

    Committee Membership

    University

  • Web Transformation Board - Faculty Representative
  • Advance HE Race Equality Charter Award
  • Artificial Intelligence Working Group

    • Faculty

  • Learning and Teaching Enhancement Committee 
  • Academic Planning & Quality Committee 
  • Validation & Review Sub-Committee
  • REF2021 S&T Faculty Strategy Committee

    • Departmental

  • REF2021 UoA24 Sport Committee
  • Research Leadership Committee
  • Ethics Sub-Committee
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Working Group
  • PR and Media Working Group

    • External Roles

  • Executive Committee Member & Director - International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS)

    • External examiner:

    Worcester University (Sep 2022 – Dec 2026)

  • MSc Sport (Applied Performance Analysis)

    • Cardiff Metropolitan University (Sep 2019 - Sep 2023

  • MSc Professional Practice (Sports Performance Analysis)
  • MSc Sport Performance Analysis (Analytics)
  • MSc Sport Performance Analysis (Applied)
  • HND Sport Coaching & Performance (at Cardiff and Vale College)
  • FdSc Sport Coaching (at Bridgend College)

    • External examiner of Research degrees (n=3)Journal reviewer (n=13 International Journals)

    Performance analysis Consultancy, Research and Knowledge Transfer Projects 

    Conference proceedings book (n=3)

  • Baca, A., Exel, J., Lames, M., James, N. & Parmar, N. (Eds.) (2022) Proceedings of the 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference, Springer. - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99333-7
  • Skegro, D., Belcic, I., Sport, G., Kristicevic, T., James, N., Parmar, N., Jeleskovic, E., Sasaki, K., Vuckovic, G., Vucetic, V. & Pisot, R. (Eds.) World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport XII. Zagreb, University of Zagreb.
  • Hughes, N. James, N. Parmar & S. Murray (Eds.) (2014) Book of Abstracts of the 5th International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport Workshop. Manchester: ISPAS

    • Book Chapters (n=2)

  • Parmar, N., James, N. and Kraak, W. Performance analysis in rugby. In: C. Twist and P. Worsfold (Eds.). The Science of Rugby (2nd Edition). Oxon: Routledge.
  • Parmar, N. and James, N. (2013). Tackling effectiveness in Professional Rugby League. In: D. Peters and P. O'Donoghue (Eds.). Performance Analysis of Sport IX. Oxon: Routledge.

    • Conference presentations (n=29)

  • Presented at over 29 international and national conferences.

    • Invited Invited talks (n=17)

    Invited International Teaching (n=8)

    Publications

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