SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
18557 individuals are on the boards of 3015 NSE-listed companies.
- These 18557 individuals occupy a total of 23855 directorship positions in 3015 companies listed at NSE and 824 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 18557 individuals:
- 15289 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 8387 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3906 are women (21.05%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5348 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2954 NSE-listed companies.
- 311 individuals holding 371 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 224 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 829 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 3015 companies, 1111 (36.85%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 415 (37.35%) 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.VIDIT SANDEEP BAJORIA) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 18 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1569 individuals are above 70 years.
- 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1569 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2109 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 | 91 | 0.49% | 18 | 19 |
| 26 – 35 | 1074 | 5.79% | 482 | 571 |
| 36 – 45 | 2542 | 13.70% | 1042 | 1190 |
| 46 – 60 | 6248 | 33.67% | 2238 | 2790 |
| 61 – 69 | 4182 | 22.54% | 2539 | 3638 |
| 70 – 80 | 2438 | 13.14% | 1453 | 1974 |
| 81 – 90 | 309 | 1.67% | 111 | 130 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1654 | 8.91% | 839 | 851 |
| TOTAL | 18557 | 100.00% | 8727 | 11168 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13871 (62.09%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8901 (39.84%) more than 6 years; 5993 (26.83%) more than 9 years and 4571 (20.46%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2465 | 11.03 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 6005 | 26.88 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4970 | 22.25 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2908 | 13.02 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1422 | 6.36 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4571 | 20.46 |
| TOTAL | 22341 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.72% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.17% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 5.11% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5494 (29.61%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
- 2091 (11.27%) are Chartered Accountants, 787 (4.24%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.16%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1629 (8.78%) are Lawyers.
- 272 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3964 (21.36%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 1010 | 5.44% | 1352 | 6.05% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9962 | 53.68% | 12666 | 56.67% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1842 | 9.93% | 2152 | 9.63% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4122 | 22.21% | 4538 | 20.30% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.57% | 113 | 0.51% |
| SCHOOLING | 380 | 2.05% | 388 | 1.74% |
| NOT KNOWN | 1136 | 6.12% | 1143 | 5.11% |
| TOTAL | 18557 | 100.00% | 22352 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 23855 directorship positions on these 3839 companies, giving an average of 6.21 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 866 | 22.56 |
| 5 – 10 | 2730 | 71.11 |
| 11 – 15 | 232 | 6.04 |
| >15 | 11 | 0.29 |
| TOTAL | 3839 | 100.00 |