SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17668 individuals are on the boards of 2887 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17668 individuals occupy a total of 22721 directorship positions in 2887 companies listed at NSE and 743 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17668 individuals:
- 14533 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7951 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3707 are women (20.98%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5067 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2818 NSE-listed companies.
- 296 individuals holding 356 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 211 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 537 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 813 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2887 companies, 1080 (37.41%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 405 (37.5%) 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 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
- 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2051 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 | 85 | 0.48% | 17 | 18 |
| 26 – 35 | 1063 | 6.02% | 481 | 570 |
| 36 – 45 | 2374 | 13.44% | 967 | 1104 |
| 46 – 60 | 5967 | 33.77% | 2144 | 2688 |
| 61 – 69 | 4074 | 23.06% | 2460 | 3522 |
| 70 – 80 | 2371 | 13.42% | 1409 | 1917 |
| 81 – 90 | 298 | 1.69% | 110 | 129 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1418 | 8.03% | 680 | 689 |
| TOTAL | 17668 | 100.00% | 8273 | 10642 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13074 (61.25%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8470 (39.68%) more than 6 years; 5706 (26.73%) more than 9 years and 4342 (20.34%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2399 | 11.24 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5873 | 27.51 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4604 | 21.57 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2764 | 12.95 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1364 | 6.39 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4342 | 20.34 |
| TOTAL | 21346 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.81% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.70% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.49% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5322 (30.12%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2033 (11.51%) are Chartered Accountants, 752 (4.26%) are Company Secretaries and 223 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1571 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
- 268 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3807 (21.55%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 976 | 5.52% | 1296 | 6.07% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9665 | 54.70% | 12326 | 57.74% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1799 | 10.18% | 2087 | 9.78% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4016 | 22.73% | 4401 | 20.62% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 371 | 2.10% | 378 | 1.77% |
| NOT KNOWN | 736 | 4.17% | 745 | 3.49% |
| TOTAL | 17668 | 100.00% | 21346 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22721 directorship positions on these 3630 companies, giving an average of 6.26 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 792 | 21.82 |
| 5 – 10 | 2609 | 71.87 |
| 11 – 15 | 217 | 5.98 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3630 | 100.00 |