Meet Awal Sir, India's Favourite Online ‘English Guru', Who Has Impacted the Lives of 15+ Million English Students

The Hindu

09-07-2025

If you are someone who wishes to speak fluent English one day, you would have surely heard of Awal Sir. Awal Madaan, popularly known as Awal Sir, is the founder of AwalEnglish.com . He is loved by students from all across the globe because of his different style of teaching English. He focuses on practical learning through daily life scenarios instead of focusing on predefined English grammar rules and concepts. That's one of the major reasons why he has a mammoth fan following of 15 million followers across social media platforms.
About Awal Sir:
Awal Madaan was born into a middle-class family in Amritsar, Punjab, in the year 1982. His father, Mr. Tarvinder Singh Madaan, worked with Life Insurance Corporation of India, who then later went on to become one of India's most loved motivational speakers because of his excellent communication and rapport-building skills. Awal sir's father, TS Madaan sir, has numerous national records to his name, especially the one for selling Life Insurance to the highest number of police officers in a day, for which the count was approximately 900. This is huge!
Awal Madaan completed his schooling from Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School in Amritsar. After completing his schooling, he then went on to pursue graduation from DAV College, Amritsar, and later on completed MA in Mass Communication and Journalism.
His mother, Mrs. Satinder Kaur, also started making home remedy, styling, and cooking videos that garnered millions of views and made her popular. Awal Madaan is married to Sakshi Khattar Madaan, who is a popular fitness influencer focusing primarily on improving women's health by offering them customized dieting plans that have changed the lives of thousands of housewives and working females. Awal Sir has one younger brother as well, who is also known for motivating people and changing their lives. His name is Himeesh Madaan, and he has more than 10 million followers across social media.
Awal Sir's Career:
Awal sir started his English teaching journey in the year 2016, prior to which he worked in several multinational companies for nearly 16 years. His dedication and expertise helped him climb up the corporate ladder and even visit and work with Americans in the United States of America.
When Awal sir decided to leave his high paying job with all the benefits that a common individual craves for, life was not easy. It took him a lot of time and effort to create English lessons interactively because he wanted to teach English in a way that appealed to masses and helped them speak English even if they were not that educated. This was possible only if the content was interesting and relatable.
Social Media Fame & Career
Awal sir's videos on popular English topics like could, would, should, has, have, had gained popularity after a year of him starting to create such interesting English video lessons. Before the pandemic hit India, Awal sir had garnered more than 9 million subscribers on TikTok, making him one of the most followed influencers in India on the platform.
Awal sir launched a dedicated Spoken English course in the year 2020 on Entri App for just Rs. 999 in the same year after the lockdown, which gave him immense popularity, and currently, more than 2.5 lac students have completed the course and improved their English through Awal sir's English course. Awal sir's English course is accredited by the National Skill Development Corporation of India.
Recently, Awal sir's personal coaching classes also got recognition from Cambridge University, and now the students who have completed this course can get a Cambridge certification as well. Both these certificates authorize that the student is well-versed in the English language. As a result, students can get an upper edge over other candidates when applying for a job or university nationally as well as internationally.
Awards and Recognitions
The various accomplishments attributed to Awal Madaan reflect his dedication towards the field of English education, having won notable awards through the years. Amongst some of the English education awards he has received include the Most Trusted Online English Coach Award by Mr. Nitin Gadkari (Government of India), the Online English Speaking Course of the Year Award by Sunil Gavaskar (Indian Cricketer) and Best Education Channel Award at the social media Summit by Government of Andhra Pradesh. Most recently he received an award for Power Educator of the Year 2025 at the Power Creator Awards 2025.
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