SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17623 individuals are on the boards of 2880 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17623 individuals occupy a total of 22710 directorship positions in 2881 companies listed at NSE and 770 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17623 individuals:
- 14473 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7924 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3689 are women (20.93%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5064 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2811 NSE-listed companies.
- 292 individuals holding 352 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 216 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 538 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 815 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2880 companies, 1080 (37.5%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.41%) companies have Promoter-Directors as Non-Executive Chairman.
Distribution Summary by Age of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- The average age of Directors is 56 years.
- The youngest director is aged 20 years (MR.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1521 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1521 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2054 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
| Age |
No. of Individuals |
% |
No. of Individuals who are Independent
Directors |
No. of ID Positions Held |
| 25 & BELOW | 82 | 0.47% | 16 | 17 |
| 26 – 35 | 1059 | 6.01% | 479 | 566 |
| 36 – 45 | 2380 | 13.51% | 972 | 1111 |
| 46 – 60 | 5957 | 33.80% | 2139 | 2681 |
| 61 – 69 | 4055 | 23.01% | 2456 | 3517 |
| 70 – 80 | 2366 | 13.43% | 1406 | 1921 |
| 81 – 90 | 297 | 1.69% | 109 | 127 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1408 | 7.99% | 663 | 672 |
| TOTAL | 17623 | 100.00% | 8246 | 10618 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13021 (61.13%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8451 (39.67%) more than 6 years; 5705 (26.78%) more than 9 years and 4337 (20.36%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2416 | 11.34 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5865 | 27.53 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4570 | 21.45 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2746 | 12.89 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1368 | 6.42 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4337 | 20.36 |
| TOTAL | 21302 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.83% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.68% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.49% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5318 (30.18%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
- 2026 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 746 (4.23%) are Company Secretaries and 222 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1564 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3796 (21.54%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 974 | 5.53% | 1295 | 6.08% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9642 | 54.71% | 12302 | 57.75% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1794 | 10.18% | 2082 | 9.77% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4004 | 22.72% | 4390 | 20.61% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.60% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 369 | 2.09% | 376 | 1.77% |
| NOT KNOWN | 735 | 4.17% | 744 | 3.49% |
| TOTAL | 17623 | 100.00% | 21302 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22710 directorship positions on these 3651 companies, giving an average of 6.22 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 820 | 22.46 |
| 5 – 10 | 2601 | 71.24 |
| 11 – 15 | 218 | 5.97 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3651 | 100.00 |