SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17537 individuals are on the boards of 2861 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17537 individuals occupy a total of 22599 directorship positions in 2861 companies listed at NSE and 765 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17537 individuals:
- 14393 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7888 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3667 are women (20.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5028 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2790 NSE-listed companies.
- 288 individuals holding 348 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 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 820 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2861 companies, 1072 (37.47%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 405 (37.78%) 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). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1516 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1516 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2040 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% | 14 | 15 |
| 26 – 35 | 1062 | 6.06% | 482 | 569 |
| 36 – 45 | 2381 | 13.58% | 971 | 1108 |
| 46 – 60 | 5952 | 33.94% | 2140 | 2686 |
| 61 – 69 | 4034 | 23.00% | 2441 | 3483 |
| 70 – 80 | 2346 | 13.38% | 1404 | 1910 |
| 81 – 90 | 291 | 1.66% | 106 | 124 |
| > 90 | 19 | 0.11% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1372 | 7.82% | 654 | 660 |
| TOTAL | 17537 | 100.00% | 8218 | 10561 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12948 (61.10%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8380 (39.55%) more than 6 years; 5675 (26.78%) more than 9 years and 4311 (20.34%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2393 | 11.29 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5850 | 27.61 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4568 | 21.56 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2705 | 12.76 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1364 | 6.44 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4311 | 20.34 |
| TOTAL | 21191 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.53% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.92% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.55% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5287 (30.15%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2006 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 745 (4.25%) are Company Secretaries and 221 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1558 (8.88%) are Lawyers.
- 265 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3770 (21.50%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 967 | 5.51% | 1285 | 6.06% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9367 | 53.41% | 11967 | 56.47% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1835 | 10.46% | 2131 | 10.06% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4154 | 23.69% | 4570 | 21.57% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.60% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 366 | 2.09% | 373 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 743 | 4.24% | 752 | 3.55% |
| TOTAL | 17537 | 100.00% | 21191 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22599 directorship positions on these 3626 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 | 819 | 22.59 |
| 5 – 10 | 2576 | 71.04 |
| 11 – 15 | 218 | 6.01 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3626 | 100.00 |