The Iranian coach has been credited with helping to develop the careers of Olympic athletes, among others, and assumes the role in what could be a busy year for India's best taekwondo players. 

National selection trials are being held by India Taekwondo later this month in Aurangabad.

The poomsae and kyorugi trials are expected to factor heavily in choosing athletes for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, as well as potentially the World Championships in Cancun later in the year.

Those tournaments in China and Mexico loom large on the taekwondo calendar, but historically India has not enjoyed success on those stages.

The nation's last Asian Games medal in taekwondo was won in 2002.

India has never won a World Championship medal in taekwondo.

Moghadam will aim to change that.

He is not the first Iranian coach to take charge of India's national team in recent years, as both Fariborz Askari and Mohammad Bagheri Motamad are former Indian coaches.