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Website Updated till 17-SEP-2025

SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES

(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on

16869 individuals are on the boards of 2709 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 16869 individuals occupy a total of 21168 directorship positions in 2709 companies listed at NSE and 455 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 16869 individuals:
    • 14183 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7701 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3503 are women (20.77%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4623 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2661 NSE-listed companies.
    • 279 individuals holding 338 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 159 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 536 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 789 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2709  companies, 1020 (37.65%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 371 (36.37%) 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.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1403 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1403 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1895 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 740.44%1616
26 – 35 10796.40%508589
36 – 45 222613.20%9101044
46 – 60 596235.34%21992722
61 – 69 404223.96%24753466
70 – 80 216512.83%12961773
81 – 90 2691.59%102117
> 90 240.14%55
NOT KNOWN 10286.09%515518
TOTAL 16869100.00% 802610250

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12296 (60.35%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8036 (39.44%) more than 6 years; 5413 (26.57%) more than 9 years and 4106 (20.15%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2586 12.69
>1 - <3 YEARS 5492 26.96
>3 - <6 YEARS 4260 20.91
>6 - <9 YEARS 2623 12.87
>9 - <12 YEARS 1307 6.42
> 12 YEARS 4106 20.15
TOTAL 20374 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.08% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.98% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.94% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5014 (29.72%) are Management Graduates (of which 765 are IIM graduates).
  • 1926 (11.42%) are Chartered Accountants, 684 (4.05%) are Company Secretaries and 214 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1518 (9.00%) are Lawyers.
  • 252 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3575 (21.19%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9375.55% 12456.11%
POST GRADUATES 893052.94% 1140355.97%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
175810.42% 204910.06%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
402723.87% 443821.78%
UNDERGRADUATES 1020.60% 1100.54%
SCHOOLING 3191.89% 3271.60%
NOT KNOWN 7964.72% 8023.94%
TOTAL 16869 100.00% 20374100.00%

Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE

  • There are a total of 21168 directorship positions on these 3164 companies, giving an average of 6.69 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<550215.87
5 – 10240375.95
11 – 152447.71
>15150.47
TOTAL3164100.00

Note:

  • Data for a company prior to its listing on NSE is not available.

  • Data for Companies exclusively listed on BSE with market capitalization more than Rs. 1000 crore is available from 1st April 2019 onwards.

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