SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17677 individuals are on the boards of 2887 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17677 individuals occupy a total of 22760 directorship positions in 2887 companies listed at NSE and 769 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17677 individuals:
- 14530 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7957 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3708 are women (20.98%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5082 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2819 NSE-listed companies.
- 296 individuals holding 356 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 215 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 536 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 811 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2887 companies, 1080 (37.41%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 406 (37.59%) 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 1527 individuals are above 70 years.
- 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1527 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 | 84 | 0.48% | 17 | 18 |
| 26 – 35 | 1059 | 5.99% | 480 | 568 |
| 36 – 45 | 2372 | 13.42% | 964 | 1102 |
| 46 – 60 | 5961 | 33.72% | 2142 | 2686 |
| 61 – 69 | 4074 | 23.05% | 2457 | 3516 |
| 70 – 80 | 2372 | 13.42% | 1411 | 1921 |
| 81 – 90 | 300 | 1.70% | 111 | 130 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1437 | 8.13% | 692 | 701 |
| TOTAL | 17677 | 100.00% | 8279 | 10647 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13088 (61.29%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8471 (39.67%) more than 6 years; 5708 (26.73%) more than 9 years and 4342 (20.33%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2406 | 11.27 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5859 | 27.44 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4617 | 21.62 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2763 | 12.94 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1366 | 6.40 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4342 | 20.33 |
| TOTAL | 21353 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.76% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.67% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.57% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5321 (30.10%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2033 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 752 (4.25%) are Company Secretaries and 223 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1570 (8.88%) are Lawyers.
- 268 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3807 (21.54%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 974 | 5.51% | 1294 | 6.06% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9660 | 54.65% | 12320 | 57.70% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1799 | 10.18% | 2087 | 9.77% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4014 | 22.71% | 4399 | 20.60% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 370 | 2.09% | 377 | 1.77% |
| NOT KNOWN | 755 | 4.27% | 763 | 3.57% |
| TOTAL | 17677 | 100.00% | 21353 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22760 directorship positions on these 3656 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 | 818 | 22.37 |
| 5 – 10 | 2609 | 71.36 |
| 11 – 15 | 217 | 5.94 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3656 | 100.00 |