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 22641 directorship positions in 2868 companies listed at NSE and 765 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17574 individuals:
- 14433 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7899 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3675 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.
- 213 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 541 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 818 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 1514 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1514 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2040 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 | 78 | 0.44% | 14 | 15 |
| 26 – 35 | 1057 | 6.01% | 478 | 565 |
| 36 – 45 | 2383 | 13.56% | 972 | 1109 |
| 46 – 60 | 5956 | 33.89% | 2136 | 2680 |
| 61 – 69 | 4056 | 23.08% | 2455 | 3505 |
| 70 – 80 | 2348 | 13.36% | 1403 | 1911 |
| 81 – 90 | 291 | 1.66% | 105 | 123 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1386 | 7.89% | 655 | 664 |
| TOTAL | 17574 | 100.00% | 8224 | 10578 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12976 (61.10%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8400 (39.55%) more than 6 years; 5683 (26.76%) more than 9 years and 4315 (20.32%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2399 | 11.30 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5864 | 27.61 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4576 | 21.55 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2717 | 12.79 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1368 | 6.44 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4315 | 20.32 |
| TOTAL | 21239 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.51% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.91% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.58% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5296 (30.14%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2011 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 743 (4.23%) are Company Secretaries and 222 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1557 (8.86%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3785 (21.54%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 967 | 5.50% | 1285 | 6.05% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9381 | 53.38% | 11991 | 56.46% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1844 | 10.49% | 2138 | 10.07% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4161 | 23.68% | 4579 | 21.56% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 104 | 0.59% | 112 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 366 | 2.08% | 373 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 751 | 4.27% | 761 | 3.58% |
| TOTAL | 17574 | 100.00% | 21239 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22641 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 | 816 | 22.46 |
| 5 – 10 | 2584 | 71.13 |
| 11 – 15 | 221 | 6.08 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3633 | 100.00 |