SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
16405 individuals are on the boards of 2637 NSE-listed companies.
- These 16405 individuals occupy a total of 20586 directorship positions in 2637 companies listed at NSE and 445 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 16405 individuals:
- 13786 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7480 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3379 are women (20.60%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4462 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2581 NSE-listed companies.
- 269 individuals holding 327 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 150 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 14 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 519 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 770 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2637 companies, 1014 (38.45%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 369 (36.39%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1389 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1389 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1875 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 | 73 | 0.44% | 16 | 16 |
26 – 35 | 1014 | 6.18% | 470 | 544 |
36 – 45 | 2137 | 13.03% | 874 | 997 |
46 – 60 | 5802 | 35.37% | 2147 | 2652 |
61 – 69 | 3950 | 24.08% | 2429 | 3370 |
70 – 80 | 2128 | 12.97% | 1281 | 1753 |
81 – 90 | 272 | 1.66% | 103 | 117 |
> 90 | 21 | 0.13% | 5 | 5 |
NOT KNOWN | 1008 | 6.14% | 498 | 501 |
TOTAL | 16405 | 100.00% | 7823 | 9955 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12029 (60.71%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7908 (39.91%) more than 6 years; 5321 (26.85%) more than 9 years and 4051 (20.45%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2874 | 14.50 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4911 | 24.79 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 4121 | 20.80 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2587 | 13.06 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1270 | 6.41 |
> 12 YEARS | 4051 | 20.45 |
TOTAL | 19814 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 61.43% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.61% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.96% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4847 (29.55%) are Management Graduates (of which 746 are IIM graduates).
- 1865 (11.37%) are Chartered Accountants, 638 (3.89%) are Company Secretaries and 213 (1.30%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1462 (8.91%) are Lawyers.
- 243 (1.48%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3455 (21.06%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 913 | 5.57% | 1205 | 6.08% |
POST GRADUATES | 8568 | 52.23% | 10968 | 55.35% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1703 | 10.38% | 1978 | 9.98% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4036 | 24.60% | 4462 | 22.52% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 101 | 0.62% | 109 | 0.55% |
SCHOOLING | 305 | 1.86% | 307 | 1.55% |
NOT KNOWN | 779 | 4.75% | 785 | 3.96% |
TOTAL | 16405 | 100.00% | 19814 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 20586 directorship positions on these 3082 companies, giving an average of 6.68 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 501 | 16.26 |
5 – 10 | 2331 | 75.63 |
11 – 15 | 238 | 7.72 |
>15 | 12 | 0.39 |
TOTAL | 3082 | 100.00 |