SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17429 individuals are on the boards of 2848 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17429 individuals occupy a total of 22458 directorship positions in 2848 companies listed at NSE and 749 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17429 individuals:
- 14322 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7867 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3644 are women (20.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4988 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2777 NSE-listed companies.
- 293 individuals holding 357 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 214 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 544 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 827 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2848 companies, 1068 (37.5%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 399 (37.36%) 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). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1504 individuals are above 70 years.
- 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1504 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2027 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 | 80 | 0.46% | 15 | 15 |
| 26 – 35 | 1085 | 6.23% | 496 | 582 |
| 36 – 45 | 2380 | 13.66% | 969 | 1106 |
| 46 – 60 | 6060 | 34.77% | 2209 | 2748 |
| 61 – 69 | 4033 | 23.14% | 2446 | 3488 |
| 70 – 80 | 2318 | 13.30% | 1390 | 1895 |
| 81 – 90 | 292 | 1.68% | 108 | 126 |
| > 90 | 22 | 0.13% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1159 | 6.65% | 557 | 563 |
| TOTAL | 17429 | 100.00% | 8196 | 10529 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12829 (60.87%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8394 (39.83%) more than 6 years; 5616 (26.65%) more than 9 years and 4283 (20.32%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2386 | 11.32 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5860 | 27.81 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4435 | 21.04 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2778 | 13.18 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1333 | 6.33 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4283 | 20.32 |
| TOTAL | 21075 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.60% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.09% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.31% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5238 (30.05%) are Management Graduates (of which 804 are IIM graduates).
- 2006 (11.51%) are Chartered Accountants, 732 (4.20%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1557 (8.93%) are Lawyers.
- 273 (1.57%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3750 (21.52%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 967 | 5.55% | 1281 | 6.08% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9317 | 53.46% | 11912 | 56.52% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1839 | 10.55% | 2136 | 10.14% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4143 | 23.77% | 4560 | 21.64% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 106 | 0.61% | 114 | 0.54% |
| SCHOOLING | 368 | 2.11% | 374 | 1.77% |
| NOT KNOWN | 689 | 3.95% | 698 | 3.31% |
| TOTAL | 17429 | 100.00% | 21075 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22458 directorship positions on these 3597 companies, giving an average of 6.24 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 799 | 22.21 |
| 5 – 10 | 2567 | 71.37 |
| 11 – 15 | 218 | 6.06 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3597 | 100.00 |