Dr Nimai Parmar

Biography

Nimai is an Associate Professor of Sport Performance Analysis and Director of Postgraduate Sport Programmes at Middlesex University. He provides strategic leadership across the postgraduate sport portfolio, including the MSc Sport Performance Analysis delivered in London, Dubai and online. His role spans academic strategy, curriculum innovation, quality assurance and portfolio development, and his leadership in teaching is recognised through Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. 

He has extensive international experience leading curriculum design, revalidation and portfolio transformation across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. His leadership in teaching extends from UK to Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. This includes developing new delivery models and international recruitment pathways through institutional partnerships and MoUs. 

Nimai is a research-active academic and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Performance Analysis of Sport. He publishes regularly and is a frequent keynote speaker and invited educator at international conferences and institutions worldwide. 

 He is committed to widening participation and innovation in sport education, having led EDI mentoring (read more here, here, here and here)  and scholarship initiatives and established applied research projects, placements and funded studentships with organisations including UEFA, the LTA, elite professional teams, and Olympic and Paralympic programmes in partnership with the UK Sports Institute. 

Nimai serves on the Executive Committee of the International Society of Performance Analysis of Sport (ISPAS), where he has led the redevelopment of international accreditation frameworks adopted by organisations including the Premier League. He also contributes to international conference governance and sector development through collaboration with the Chartered Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (CASES).

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=4)

Editorial Roles

·   Associate Editor

·  International Journal of Perform. Analysis of Sport          May 2025         ISSN: 2474-8668

·   Editorial Board

·  International Journal of Perform. Analysis of Sport          Sep 2024          ISSN: 2474-8668

·   Guest Associate Editor – Special Issue ‘Applied Sport Science for Performance Improvements in Football’ – Frontiers in Psychology & Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (2020).

 Journal reviewer (n=13 International Journals) 

Associate Editor 

Performance analysis Consultancy, Research and Knowledge Transfer Projects 

Conference proceedings book (n=4)

· Parmar, N. & James, N. (Eds.) (2024). Book of Abstracts of the 14^th World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport. London: ISPAS.

• 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=31)

• Presented at over 30 international and national conferences.

Invited keynote talks (n=23)

Invited International Teaching & Guest talks (n=10)

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=-0), Completed (n=3))
• PhD (Current (n=8), Completed (n=5))