SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
15695 individuals are on the boards of 2492 NSE-listed companies.
- These 15695 individuals occupy a total of 19584 directorship positions in 2492 companies listed at NSE and 420 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 15695 individuals:
- 13225 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7204 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3207 are women (20.43%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4227 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2437 NSE-listed companies.
- 257 individuals holding 312 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 141 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 13 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 508 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 727 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2492 companies, 953 (38.24%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 350 (36.73%) 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.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1296 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1296 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1752 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 | 66 | 0.42% | 14 | 14 |
26 – 35 | 851 | 5.42% | 394 | 466 |
36 – 45 | 1752 | 11.16% | 690 | 813 |
46 – 60 | 5219 | 33.25% | 1944 | 2413 |
61 – 69 | 3469 | 22.10% | 2123 | 2939 |
70 – 80 | 1945 | 12.39% | 1187 | 1632 |
81 – 90 | 265 | 1.69% | 105 | 116 |
> 90 | 20 | 0.13% | 4 | 4 |
NOT KNOWN | 2108 | 13.43% | 1069 | 1096 |
TOTAL | 15695 | 100.00% | 7530 | 9493 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11328 (60.07%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7476 (39.64%) more than 6 years; 5257 (27.88%) more than 9 years and 3946 (20.92%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 3112 | 16.50 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4418 | 23.43 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3852 | 20.43 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2219 | 11.77 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1311 | 6.95 |
> 12 YEARS | 3946 | 20.92 |
TOTAL | 18858 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 61.15% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.39% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 6.46% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4406 (28.07%) are Management Graduates (of which 689 are IIM graduates).
- 1753 (11.17%) are Chartered Accountants, 577 (3.68%) are Company Secretaries and 187 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1356 (8.64%) are Lawyers.
- 227 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3151 (20.08%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 895 | 5.70% | 1142 | 6.06% |
POST GRADUATES | 8117 | 51.72% | 10389 | 55.09% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1519 | 9.68% | 1781 | 9.44% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3595 | 22.91% | 3961 | 21.00% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 90 | 0.57% | 98 | 0.52% |
SCHOOLING | 268 | 1.71% | 269 | 1.43% |
NOT KNOWN | 1211 | 7.72% | 1218 | 6.46% |
TOTAL | 15695 | 100.00% | 18858 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19584 directorship positions on these 2912 companies, giving an average of 6.73 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 22 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 470 | 16.14 |
5 – 10 | 2184 | 75.00 |
11 – 15 | 246 | 8.45 |
>15 | 12 | 0.41 |
TOTAL | 2912 | 100.00 |