SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17469 individuals are on the boards of 2841 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17469 individuals occupy a total of 22534 directorship positions in 2841 companies listed at NSE and 756 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17469 individuals:
- 14340 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7920 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3638 are women (20.83%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4995 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2787 NSE-listed companies.
- 292 individuals holding 357 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 217 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 544 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 827 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2841 companies, 1069 (37.63%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 399 (37.32%) 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.ADITYA SAURABH GADGIL) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1480 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1480 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2001 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 | 76 | 0.44% | 14 | 14 |
| 26 – 35 | 1091 | 6.25% | 498 | 590 |
| 36 – 45 | 2379 | 13.62% | 968 | 1110 |
| 46 – 60 | 6110 | 34.98% | 2262 | 2807 |
| 61 – 69 | 4062 | 23.25% | 2468 | 3515 |
| 70 – 80 | 2284 | 13.07% | 1368 | 1872 |
| 81 – 90 | 287 | 1.64% | 106 | 123 |
| > 90 | 22 | 0.13% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1158 | 6.63% | 561 | 565 |
| TOTAL | 17469 | 100.00% | 8251 | 10602 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12798 (60.55%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8358 (39.54%) more than 6 years; 5595 (26.47%) more than 9 years and 4268 (20.19%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2461 | 11.64 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5878 | 27.81 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4440 | 21.01 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2763 | 13.07 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1327 | 6.28 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4268 | 20.19 |
| TOTAL | 21137 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.58% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.02% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.40% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5234 (29.96%) are Management Graduates (of which 801 are IIM graduates).
- 2006 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 731 (4.18%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1571 (8.99%) are Lawyers.
- 280 (1.60%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3751 (21.47%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 975 | 5.58% | 1294 | 6.12% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9327 | 53.39% | 11935 | 56.46% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1846 | 10.57% | 2147 | 10.16% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4145 | 23.73% | 4562 | 21.58% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.60% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 362 | 2.07% | 368 | 1.74% |
| NOT KNOWN | 709 | 4.06% | 718 | 3.40% |
| TOTAL | 17469 | 100.00% | 21137 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22534 directorship positions on these 3597 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 | 801 | 22.27 |
| 5 – 10 | 2546 | 70.78 |
| 11 – 15 | 237 | 6.59 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3597 | 100.00 |