SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17639 individuals are on the boards of 2883 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17639 individuals occupy a total of 22712 directorship positions in 2884 companies listed at NSE and 766 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17639 individuals:
- 14496 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7939 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3699 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5069 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2814 NSE-listed companies.
- 292 individuals holding 352 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 215 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 536 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 813 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2883 companies, 1078 (37.39%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.48%) 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 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2053 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 | 81 | 0.46% | 16 | 17 |
| 26 – 35 | 1055 | 5.98% | 477 | 564 |
| 36 – 45 | 2373 | 13.45% | 969 | 1108 |
| 46 – 60 | 5941 | 33.68% | 2132 | 2674 |
| 61 – 69 | 4058 | 23.01% | 2456 | 3516 |
| 70 – 80 | 2368 | 13.42% | 1409 | 1921 |
| 81 – 90 | 297 | 1.68% | 109 | 126 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1447 | 8.20% | 687 | 696 |
| TOTAL | 17639 | 100.00% | 8261 | 10628 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13058 (61.27%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8457 (39.68%) more than 6 years; 5700 (26.75%) more than 9 years and 4336 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2401 | 11.27 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5853 | 27.46 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4601 | 21.59 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2757 | 12.94 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1364 | 6.40 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4336 | 20.35 |
| TOTAL | 21312 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.72% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.63% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.65% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5310 (30.10%) are Management Graduates (of which 810 are IIM graduates).
- 2026 (11.49%) are Chartered Accountants, 746 (4.23%) are Company Secretaries and 222 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1564 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3795 (21.51%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 973 | 5.52% | 1294 | 6.07% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9630 | 54.59% | 12286 | 57.65% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1794 | 10.17% | 2080 | 9.76% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4000 | 22.68% | 4386 | 20.58% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.60% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 369 | 2.09% | 376 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 768 | 4.35% | 777 | 3.65% |
| TOTAL | 17639 | 100.00% | 21312 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22712 directorship positions on these 3650 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 | 816 | 22.36 |
| 5 – 10 | 2605 | 71.37 |
| 11 – 15 | 217 | 5.95 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3650 | 100.00 |