SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17762 individuals are on the boards of 2900 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17762 individuals occupy a total of 22851 directorship positions in 2900 companies listed at NSE and 776 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17762 individuals:
- 14603 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7990 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3723 are women (20.96%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5096 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2830 NSE-listed companies.
- 302 individuals holding 362 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 212 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 813 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2900 companies, 1084 (37.38%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 407 (37.55%) 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). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1520 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1520 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 | 81 | 0.46% | 16 | 17 |
| 26 – 35 | 1054 | 5.93% | 472 | 558 |
| 36 – 45 | 2387 | 13.44% | 967 | 1106 |
| 46 – 60 | 5980 | 33.67% | 2147 | 2686 |
| 61 – 69 | 4073 | 22.93% | 2459 | 3526 |
| 70 – 80 | 2366 | 13.32% | 1400 | 1904 |
| 81 – 90 | 307 | 1.73% | 115 | 134 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1496 | 8.42% | 723 | 734 |
| TOTAL | 17762 | 100.00% | 8304 | 10670 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13208 (61.69%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8482 (39.61%) more than 6 years; 5733 (26.77%) more than 9 years and 4365 (20.39%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2328 | 10.87 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5876 | 27.44 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4726 | 22.07 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2749 | 12.84 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1368 | 6.39 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4365 | 20.39 |
| TOTAL | 21412 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.60% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.60% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.80% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5347 (30.10%) are Management Graduates (of which 810 are IIM graduates).
- 2036 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 756 (4.26%) are Company Secretaries and 224 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1574 (8.86%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.50%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3822 (21.52%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 976 | 5.49% | 1292 | 6.03% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9682 | 54.51% | 12338 | 57.57% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1803 | 10.15% | 2092 | 9.76% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4021 | 22.64% | 4405 | 20.56% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 368 | 2.07% | 375 | 1.75% |
| NOT KNOWN | 807 | 4.54% | 815 | 3.80% |
| TOTAL | 17762 | 100.00% | 21430 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22851 directorship positions on these 3676 companies, giving an average of 6.22 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 827 | 22.50 |
| 5 – 10 | 2624 | 71.38 |
| 11 – 15 | 214 | 5.82 |
| >15 | 11 | 0.30 |
| TOTAL | 3676 | 100.00 |