SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17574 individuals are on the boards of 2868 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17574 individuals occupy a total of 22646 directorship positions in 2868 companies listed at NSE and 765 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17574 individuals:
- 14430 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7901 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3674 are women (20.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5039 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2799 NSE-listed companies.
- 289 individuals holding 349 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 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 542 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 822 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2868 companies, 1077 (37.55%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.51%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1515 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1515 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2043 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 | 79 | 0.45% | 14 | 15 |
| 26 – 35 | 1060 | 6.03% | 479 | 566 |
| 36 – 45 | 2384 | 13.57% | 973 | 1110 |
| 46 – 60 | 5961 | 33.92% | 2140 | 2685 |
| 61 – 69 | 4056 | 23.08% | 2456 | 3505 |
| 70 – 80 | 2347 | 13.35% | 1403 | 1913 |
| 81 – 90 | 292 | 1.66% | 106 | 124 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1376 | 7.83% | 650 | 659 |
| TOTAL | 17574 | 100.00% | 8227 | 10583 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12977 (61.09%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8401 (39.55%) more than 6 years; 5683 (26.75%) more than 9 years and 4317 (20.32%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2404 | 11.32 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5863 | 27.60 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4576 | 21.54 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2718 | 12.79 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1366 | 6.43 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4317 | 20.32 |
| TOTAL | 21244 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.54% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.92% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.54% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5300 (30.16%) are Management Graduates (of which 814 are IIM graduates).
- 2012 (11.45%) are Chartered Accountants, 743 (4.23%) are Company Secretaries and 222 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1560 (8.88%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3787 (21.55%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 968 | 5.51% | 1286 | 6.05% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9386 | 53.41% | 12000 | 56.49% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1845 | 10.50% | 2139 | 10.07% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4163 | 23.69% | 4582 | 21.57% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 104 | 0.59% | 112 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 366 | 2.08% | 373 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 742 | 4.22% | 752 | 3.54% |
| TOTAL | 17574 | 100.00% | 21244 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22646 directorship positions on these 3633 companies, giving an average of 6.23 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 815 | 22.43 |
| 5 – 10 | 2584 | 71.13 |
| 11 – 15 | 222 | 6.11 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3633 | 100.00 |