SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17935 individuals are on the boards of 2916 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17935 individuals occupy a total of 23089 directorship positions in 2916 companies listed at NSE and 783 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17935 individuals:
- 14748 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 8085 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3761 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5158 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2855 NSE-listed companies.
- 309 individuals holding 370 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 216 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 824 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2916 companies, 1090 (37.38%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.52%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1526 individuals are above 70 years.
- 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1526 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2050 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 | 0.45% | 17 | 18 |
| 26 – 35 | 1056 | 5.89% | 469 | 556 |
| 36 – 45 | 2412 | 13.45% | 976 | 1124 |
| 46 – 60 | 6066 | 33.82% | 2160 | 2704 |
| 61 – 69 | 4101 | 22.87% | 2477 | 3558 |
| 70 – 80 | 2370 | 13.21% | 1407 | 1912 |
| 81 – 90 | 308 | 1.72% | 114 | 133 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1523 | 8.49% | 777 | 792 |
| TOTAL | 17935 | 100.00% | 8402 | 10802 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13320 (61.57%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8550 (39.52%) more than 6 years; 5776 (26.70%) more than 9 years and 4408 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2425 | 11.21 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5889 | 27.22 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4770 | 22.05 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2774 | 12.82 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1368 | 6.32 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4408 | 20.38 |
| TOTAL | 21634 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.83% 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 3.57% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5403 (30.13%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
- 2068 (11.53%) are Chartered Accountants, 769 (4.29%) are Company Secretaries and 220 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1604 (8.94%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3867 (21.56%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 989 | 5.51% | 1312 | 6.06% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9847 | 54.90% | 12508 | 57.77% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1817 | 10.13% | 2115 | 9.77% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4044 | 22.55% | 4452 | 20.56% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.52% |
| SCHOOLING | 370 | 2.06% | 378 | 1.75% |
| NOT KNOWN | 763 | 4.25% | 772 | 3.57% |
| TOTAL | 17935 | 100.00% | 21650 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 23089 directorship positions on these 3699 companies, giving an average of 6.24 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 822 | 22.22 |
| 5 – 10 | 2645 | 71.51 |
| 11 – 15 | 221 | 5.97 |
| >15 | 11 | 0.30 |
| TOTAL | 3699 | 100.00 |