- Edition 01
India CMO Index 2026
How India’s most senior marketing leaders think, invest, measure — and what they’d change if the room wasn’t watching.
- India CMO Index 2026
Read what India’s CMOs won’t say publicly.
Free to download. 121 senior marketing leaders. Anonymous, verbatim,unedited.
- Fielded Jan–April 2026 across India
- 86% from Scale or Enterprise companies
- Full editorial independence
- Covers AI adoption, budgets, measurement, agency models & CMO influence
- Analysed by Humans, Designed by AI
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LinkedIn posts and commentary from marketing leaders who have engaged with and shared the Index.
Zubin Kutar
Founder - AI Fluency Labs
Vrushali Parab
Head of Marketing - The Belgian Waffle Co.
Vivek Sheth
Founder - The CMO Assembly
Vikas Iyer
CMO - Lenexis Foodworks
Varun Kulkarni
Director - Marketing, Digital & Growth - NoBroker
Varun Kaushik
CMO- Policyboss
Tamal Chatterjee
Chief Growth Officer - Sid's Farm
Sushmita Kashyap
Director- Marketing, corporate communication and Strategy - McDonald's
Sujala Martis
Director - Consumer Marketing - Platinum Guild International
Sudhanshu Tripathi
CMO - Quick Heal
Sudeep Kulkarni
Sr. VP & Head of Marketing - Alliance Insurance Brokers
Stuti Gandhi
Senior Director – Growth Initiatives - GUS Global Services
Soumitra Choubey
Director- Brand Marketing - Meesho
Siddharth Bajaj
CMO - Dr. Batra's Healthcare
Shwetha Iyer
SVP and Head of Marketing - Kissht
Shweta Rangra
VP Marketing - Hafele India
Shruti Daga
Co-founder & Head Of Marketing - Nasher Miles
Shrinivas Jyoti
Head Marketing - Hansgrohe India
Sankalp Rohatgi
Sr. DIrector - Head of Growth - Groww
Samar Kagalwalla
Head - Brand & Marketing - CSB Bank
Ruchika Dhamija
Head of Marketing- Insurance Dekho
Rrahul Adaniya
Head of Marketing - Shriram Life Insurance
Rajesh B.
CMO - Bhima Jewels
Rajeev Jain
Sr Vice President - Corporate Marketing - DS Group
Rahul Karthikeyan
CMO - Scaler
Puneet Kusumbia
VP Marketing - Heritage Foods
Nivedita Sarkar
Head of Marketing - Credit Saison India
Nitin Malhotra
CMO - Livpure
Nimish Agarwal
VP & Head Marketing - Niva Bupa
Naveen Murali
VP Marketing - SUGAR Cosmetics
Naren Kholiya
Sr. Director - Marketing - Pristyncare
Namita Bohara
AGM - Hindalco Industries
Meghraj Bengera
Lead Marketing & Brand - The Health Factory
Megha Parte
Head of Marketing - Baroda BNP Paribas Mutual Fund
Manmeet Ahluwalia
CMO - EaseMyTrip
Kushal Sanghvi
Industry Leader
Kunal Sharma
CMO - KRBL India
Kunal Malhotra
CMO - Taco Bell India
Kaushik Chakraborty
Head Marketing - Tata Capital
Kartik S.
Head - Brand - Raymond
Karan Kumar
CMO - Hero Realty
Guru Prakash
CMO - Galaxy Health Insurance
Gaurav Sharma
CMO - Campus Activwear
Ganapathy Subramaniam
CMO - LT Foods
Divya Batra
VP Marketing - Haldiram's
Deepit Purkayastha
Co-Founder & CEO - Inshorts
Chirag Jagwani
Head - eCommerce, Brand & Digital - Fixderma
Ashish Bajaj
CEO - 10on10foods
Arvind Naidu
Head of Marketing - KTV Health Food
Ankur Malhotra
Vice President Marketing & Growth - Rich Products Corporation
Anand Bhatia
HDB Financial Services
Amrita Kumar
VP & Head Marketing - Isprava
Akashdeep Singal
Head of Marketing - Jar
Aditya Singh
Lead - Marketing - Motilal Oswal Asset Management
Abhishek Mago
CMO - Cheapfaremart
Abhijitt Panicker
Head of Marketing - Chai Point