SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17504 individuals are on the boards of 2859 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17504 individuals occupy a total of 22538 directorship positions in 2860 companies listed at NSE and 743 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17504 individuals:
- 14388 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7885 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3666 are women (20.94%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5018 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2787 NSE-listed companies.
- 291 individuals holding 352 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.
- 543 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 829 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2859 companies, 1073 (37.53%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 406 (37.84%) 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). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1510 individuals are above 70 years.
- 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1510 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2038 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 | 80 | 0.46% | 15 | 15 |
| 26 – 35 | 1069 | 6.11% | 486 | 571 |
| 36 – 45 | 2377 | 13.58% | 971 | 1113 |
| 46 – 60 | 5981 | 34.17% | 2158 | 2697 |
| 61 – 69 | 4017 | 22.95% | 2430 | 3470 |
| 70 – 80 | 2335 | 13.34% | 1398 | 1908 |
| 81 – 90 | 289 | 1.65% | 106 | 124 |
| > 90 | 20 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1336 | 7.63% | 644 | 653 |
| TOTAL | 17504 | 100.00% | 8214 | 10557 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12903 (60.97%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8377 (39.58%) more than 6 years; 5656 (26.73%) more than 9 years and 4296 (20.30%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2397 | 11.33 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5863 | 27.70 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4526 | 21.39 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2721 | 12.86 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1360 | 6.43 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4296 | 20.30 |
| TOTAL | 21163 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.40% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.88% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.72% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5251 (30.00%) are Management Graduates (of which 812 are IIM graduates).
- 2003 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 735 (4.20%) are Company Secretaries and 219 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1548 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
- 265 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3746 (21.40%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 955 | 5.46% | 1274 | 6.02% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9325 | 53.27% | 11931 | 56.38% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1824 | 10.42% | 2120 | 10.02% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4149 | 23.70% | 4564 | 21.57% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 106 | 0.61% | 114 | 0.54% |
| SCHOOLING | 367 | 2.10% | 373 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 778 | 4.44% | 787 | 3.72% |
| TOTAL | 17504 | 100.00% | 21163 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22538 directorship positions on these 3603 companies, giving an average of 6.26 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 798 | 22.15 |
| 5 – 10 | 2570 | 71.33 |
| 11 – 15 | 223 | 6.19 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3603 | 100.00 |