SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17724 individuals are on the boards of 2895 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17724 individuals occupy a total of 22786 directorship positions in 2895 companies listed at NSE and 749 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17724 individuals:
- 14577 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7975 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3716 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5078 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2826 NSE-listed companies.
- 302 individuals holding 363 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 205 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 534 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 808 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2895 companies, 1081 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.37%) 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 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 2048 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 | 84 | 0.47% | 17 | 18 |
| 26 – 35 | 1057 | 5.96% | 476 | 563 |
| 36 – 45 | 2387 | 13.47% | 970 | 1111 |
| 46 – 60 | 5982 | 33.75% | 2153 | 2697 |
| 61 – 69 | 4081 | 23.03% | 2462 | 3525 |
| 70 – 80 | 2372 | 13.38% | 1407 | 1912 |
| 81 – 90 | 302 | 1.70% | 112 | 131 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1441 | 8.13% | 690 | 700 |
| TOTAL | 17724 | 100.00% | 8292 | 10662 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13127 (61.33%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8482 (39.63%) more than 6 years; 5719 (26.72%) more than 9 years and 4356 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2398 | 11.20 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5878 | 27.46 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4645 | 21.70 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2763 | 12.91 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1363 | 6.37 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4356 | 20.35 |
| TOTAL | 21403 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.75% 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 3.55% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5343 (30.15%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
- 2045 (11.54%) are Chartered Accountants, 758 (4.28%) are Company Secretaries and 226 (1.28%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1576 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
- 268 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3819 (21.55%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 977 | 5.51% | 1295 | 6.05% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9688 | 54.66% | 12349 | 57.70% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1803 | 10.17% | 2096 | 9.79% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4029 | 22.73% | 4413 | 20.62% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 371 | 2.09% | 378 | 1.77% |
| NOT KNOWN | 751 | 4.24% | 759 | 3.55% |
| TOTAL | 17724 | 100.00% | 21403 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22786 directorship positions on these 3644 companies, giving an average of 6.25 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 798 | 21.90 |
| 5 – 10 | 2619 | 71.87 |
| 11 – 15 | 215 | 5.90 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3644 | 100.00 |