Nihar Ameen is the pre-eminent Indian swimming coach, associated with the K.C. Reddy Swim Centre in Bangalore. Among his trainees are the first Indian athletes to qualify for the Olympics, Shikha Tandon[1] at Athens, 2004 and Virdhawal Khade and Sandeep Sejwal for Beijing, 2008.[2]
In 1989-1992, Ameen was assistant national team coach in the USA with Team Director and Olympic Coach, Jack Nelson.[3]
Nihar Ameen is also a member of the panel of experts for GoSports Foundation, a sports non- governmental organisation. [4]