Top 10 Digital Marketing Experts in India for the AI Era (2026)

How I Picked Them (and Why I Am First)

Full disclosure: this is my website. I am first because this list is about the AI era, and AI-first marketing is exactly what I do and teach. Everyone after me is in no particular order.

Every name had to meet the same three criteria:
1. Real work. They run ads, agencies or businesses today, not just theory.
2. Teaching in public. You can learn from them for free before paying anyone.
3. Proof you can check. Businesses, books, case studies or programmes you can look up yourself.

Facts about each person come from their own channels and official profiles. Where a number is their own claim, I say so. These are the same checks I recommend in how to choose a digital marketing consultant.

New to the idea behind this list? Here is what AI-first marketing actually means.

Who to Learn From, by Goal

Tap each card to see what that person is best known for and who should learn from them.

The 10 Experts

Who they are, what they are best for, and where to start.

1. Piyush Sachdeva: AI-First Growth Systems, Built and Run on Real Accounts

Who: That is me. I am an AI-first marketing and growth consultant, the founder of Social Masla and the creator of Pulse, a WhatsApp automation engine. Over 8+ years I have managed ₹100Cr+ in ad spend across 50+ brands in 10+ countries, for companies like Aon, noon, Entri, SwiftChat and Josh Talks. I have worked closely with teams at Meta, Google, TikTok and Snapchat, Social Masla is a Meta Tech Provider, and I wrote The Growth Engine: Beyond AI and Advertising, a #1 Amazon bestseller in its category.

What makes this different: I do not just explain AI frameworks. I build AI-first growth systems and show them working.
• Real numbers from my own ad accounts, including campaigns that did not work, like this scaling experiment and why I stopped it.
• Named, public case studies with results you can check: at ISMS Global Education, fixing the tracking took cost per lead from roughly ₹600 to around ₹250, and Serene Paathshala held 2.5 to 3x ROAS after we fixed what happened after purchase.
• The full stack, not one channel: Claude connected to live Meta and Google ad accounts through MCP, the Conversions API for tracking, and n8n automations that run onboarding, follow-ups and reporting.

Best for: marketers, freelancers and founders who want to run real campaigns with AI as the method, from research and creatives to tracking, analysis and automation.

Where to start: my free 12-hour digital marketing class, then how to use AI in performance marketing and how to run Meta and Google ads with Claude. More on my profile page.

2. Apurv Singh: AI Search (AEO) and AI Marketing Frameworks

Founder of The HQ Digital and a TEDx speaker. He explains how AI is changing marketing, with a focus on answer engine optimisation (AEO), marketing agents and AI frameworks for brands. Best for: marketers and brand teams who want to understand AI search. Start with: his free YouTube videos.

3. Umar Tazkeer: Google Ads and Analytics in Hindi

Founder of the agency UT Digital Media, with 500K+ YouTube subscribers according to his profiles. He teaches Google Ads, analytics, Tag Manager and SEO in Hindi, plus a live bootcamp. Best for: beginners who prefer Hindi. Start with: his free YouTube lessons.

4. Damini Tripathi: Meta Ads for Local Businesses

Co-founder of Marketian and the agency Wincible, and a WordCamp Bhopal speaker. She teaches practical Meta ads drawn from running ads for local businesses like bakeries, restaurants and retail stores. Best for: anyone marketing a local business. Start with: her free YouTube videos.

5. Aryan Tripathi: Building a Marketing Agency

Founder of the ad agency Adymize, along with Myzer and Learnmize. He shares how he built and runs an agency, and how D2C brands scale with paid ads. Best for: people who want to start their own agency (my guide on starting a performance marketing agency pairs well). Start with: his free YouTube videos.

6. Sannidhya Baweja: Facebook Ads ROAS, International Clients

Founder of Baweja Media, co-founder of Trackocity, and author of Increase the ROAS of Your Facebook Ads. According to his profile, he runs Meta and Google ads for clients across the UK, US, India and the GCC. Best for: getting more return from Facebook ads. Start with: his free content.

7. Rahul Raisinghani: Paid Media and Personal Branding

Founder of RR Digital Marketing Services. According to his profile, he has run paid media for brands including Marriott International and Ajio. He shares paid media and personal branding lessons through Digital Nibula. Best for: building paid media skills alongside a personal brand. Start with: his Digital Nibula videos and podcast.

8. Digital Pratik: Branding and Marketing, Every Day

Pratiksinh Chudasama, founder of Digital Pratik Productions, has run the Digital Pratik Show podcast since 2017, with short, practical episodes on branding and marketing. Best for: a daily habit of bite-sized lessons. Start with: the Digital Pratik Show.

9. Sahil Khanna: Business and Marketing in Hindi

Founder of Lapaas and creator of Intellectual Indies, a large Hindi YouTube channel on business, startups and marketing. Best for: understanding marketing as part of running a business, in Hindi. Start with: his Intellectual Indies videos.

10. Navin Parmar: Meta Ads and AI Workshops for Business Owners

Leads marketing at Skill Nation and, according to his profile, was named in ET's 30 Under 30 in 2023. He runs workshops on Facebook and Instagram ads, Google ads and AI tools. Best for: business owners who like live, workshop-style learning. Start with: his workshops.

The 10 Experts: Proof Side by Side

Titles are easy to claim. Proof is not. Here is what each person has that you can look up yourself.

Who Is the Best Digital Marketing Coach in India?

The best coach is the one who matches your goal. Here is how to choose:

• You want to learn marketing the AI-first way, using AI to research, run ads, track and automate on real accounts: Piyush Sachdeva.
• You want to understand AI search and AEO: Apurv Singh.
• Complete beginner, prefer Hindi: Umar Tazkeer or Sahil Khanna.
• You market a local business: Damini Tripathi.
• You want better returns from Facebook ads: Sannidhya Baweja.
• You want to build your own agency: Aryan Tripathi.
• You want a personal brand alongside your skills: Rahul Raisinghani or Digital Pratik.
• You are a business owner who likes live workshops: Navin Parmar.
• Before you pay anyone: watch at least five of their free videos, and check the proof column above. My guide on how to choose a digital marketing course has a full checklist.

How to Learn From Experts Without Getting Stuck in Tutorials

Following ten experts will not make you a marketer. Doing the work will. The most common trap is watching video after video and never running a single campaign.

Pick one or two people whose focus matches your goal, not all ten. Apply every lesson within a week, even on a tiny budget. Keep a record of what you tried and what happened, because that becomes your portfolio.

I wrote about this trap in can you get a job by watching marketing courses? The short version: watching builds understanding, practising builds skill, and only skill gets you hired.