SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17683 individuals are on the boards of 2890 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17683 individuals occupy a total of 22741 directorship positions in 2890 companies listed at NSE and 745 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17683 individuals:
- 14544 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7959 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3708 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5071 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2822 NSE-listed companies.
- 303 individuals holding 364 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 209 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 810 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2890 companies, 1079 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.44%) 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 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1529 individuals are above 70 years.
- 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1529 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2056 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 | 1062 | 6.01% | 480 | 568 |
| 36 – 45 | 2378 | 13.45% | 965 | 1104 |
| 46 – 60 | 5975 | 33.79% | 2151 | 2698 |
| 61 – 69 | 4082 | 23.08% | 2463 | 3518 |
| 70 – 80 | 2374 | 13.43% | 1412 | 1920 |
| 81 – 90 | 300 | 1.70% | 111 | 130 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1408 | 7.96% | 675 | 684 |
| TOTAL | 17683 | 100.00% | 8280 | 10646 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13084 (61.25%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8466 (39.63%) more than 6 years; 5703 (26.70%) more than 9 years and 4343 (20.33%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2393 | 11.20 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5886 | 27.55 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4618 | 21.62 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2763 | 12.93 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1360 | 6.37 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4343 | 20.33 |
| TOTAL | 21363 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.84% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.71% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.45% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5335 (30.17%) are Management Graduates (of which 814 are IIM graduates).
- 2041 (11.54%) are Chartered Accountants, 753 (4.26%) are Company Secretaries and 224 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1573 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
- 268 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3814 (21.57%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 979 | 5.54% | 1298 | 6.08% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9679 | 54.74% | 12339 | 57.76% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1799 | 10.17% | 2090 | 9.78% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4023 | 22.75% | 4410 | 20.64% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 369 | 2.09% | 376 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 729 | 4.12% | 737 | 3.45% |
| TOTAL | 17683 | 100.00% | 21363 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22741 directorship positions on these 3635 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 | 794 | 21.84 |
| 5 – 10 | 2614 | 71.91 |
| 11 – 15 | 215 | 5.91 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3635 | 100.00 |