SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17468 individuals are on the boards of 2836 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17468 individuals occupy a total of 22532 directorship positions in 2837 companies listed at NSE and 759 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17468 individuals:
- 14337 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7927 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3633 are women (20.80%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4988 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2781 NSE-listed companies.
- 289 individuals holding 354 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 217 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 821 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2836 companies, 1066 (37.59%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 395 (37.05%) 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 21 years (MR.ADITYA SAURABH GADGIL) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 13 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1475 individuals are above 70 years.
- 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1475 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1994 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 | 74 | 0.42% | 13 | 13 |
| 26 – 35 | 1085 | 6.21% | 494 | 583 |
| 36 – 45 | 2375 | 13.60% | 969 | 1110 |
| 46 – 60 | 6094 | 34.89% | 2259 | 2805 |
| 61 – 69 | 4058 | 23.23% | 2464 | 3503 |
| 70 – 80 | 2274 | 13.02% | 1365 | 1867 |
| 81 – 90 | 287 | 1.64% | 104 | 121 |
| > 90 | 23 | 0.13% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1198 | 6.86% | 583 | 587 |
| TOTAL | 17468 | 100.00% | 8257 | 10595 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12764 (60.45%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8341 (39.50%) more than 6 years; 5578 (26.42%) more than 9 years and 4256 (20.16%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2472 | 11.71 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5879 | 27.84 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4423 | 20.95 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2763 | 13.09 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1322 | 6.26 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4256 | 20.16 |
| TOTAL | 21115 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.40% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.97% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.63% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5214 (29.85%) are Management Graduates (of which 798 are IIM graduates).
- 2004 (11.47%) are Chartered Accountants, 730 (4.18%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1566 (8.96%) are Lawyers.
- 280 (1.60%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3733 (21.37%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 967 | 5.54% | 1284 | 6.08% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9303 | 53.26% | 11891 | 56.32% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1843 | 10.55% | 2144 | 10.15% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4138 | 23.69% | 4556 | 21.58% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.60% | 113 | 0.54% |
| SCHOOLING | 355 | 2.03% | 361 | 1.71% |
| NOT KNOWN | 757 | 4.33% | 766 | 3.63% |
| TOTAL | 17468 | 100.00% | 21115 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22532 directorship positions on these 3596 companies, giving an average of 6.27 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 801 | 22.27 |
| 5 – 10 | 2539 | 70.61 |
| 11 – 15 | 243 | 6.76 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3596 | 100.00 |