SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17920 individuals are on the boards of 2913 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17920 individuals occupy a total of 23034 directorship positions in 2913 companies listed at NSE and 757 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17920 individuals:
- 14751 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 8077 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3760 are women (20.98%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5143 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2852 NSE-listed companies.
- 308 individuals holding 369 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 213 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 822 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2913 companies, 1089 (37.38%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.56%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 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 2049 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 | 0.45% | 17 | 18 |
| 26 – 35 | 1053 | 5.88% | 470 | 556 |
| 36 – 45 | 2399 | 13.39% | 974 | 1121 |
| 46 – 60 | 6032 | 33.66% | 2151 | 2693 |
| 61 – 69 | 4084 | 22.79% | 2467 | 3545 |
| 70 – 80 | 2371 | 13.23% | 1405 | 1911 |
| 81 – 90 | 306 | 1.71% | 114 | 133 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1576 | 8.79% | 790 | 805 |
| TOTAL | 17920 | 100.00% | 8393 | 10787 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13296 (61.52%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8536 (39.50%) more than 6 years; 5769 (26.69%) more than 9 years and 4403 (20.37%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2411 | 11.16 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5904 | 27.32 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4760 | 22.03 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2767 | 12.80 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1366 | 6.32 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4403 | 20.37 |
| TOTAL | 21611 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 64.14% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 31.99% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.87% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5382 (30.03%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2053 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 765 (4.27%) are Company Secretaries and 220 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1592 (8.88%) are Lawyers.
- 264 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3860 (21.54%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 983 | 5.49% | 1302 | 6.02% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9882 | 55.15% | 12570 | 58.12% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1804 | 10.07% | 2097 | 9.70% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3951 | 22.05% | 4333 | 20.03% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.52% |
| SCHOOLING | 367 | 2.05% | 375 | 1.73% |
| NOT KNOWN | 828 | 4.62% | 838 | 3.87% |
| TOTAL | 17920 | 100.00% | 21628 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 23034 directorship positions on these 3670 companies, giving an average of 6.28 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 796 | 21.69 |
| 5 – 10 | 2642 | 71.99 |
| 11 – 15 | 221 | 6.02 |
| >15 | 11 | 0.30 |
| TOTAL | 3670 | 100.00 |