SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17444 individuals are on the boards of 2842 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17444 individuals occupy a total of 22503 directorship positions in 2842 companies listed at NSE and 757 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17444 individuals:
- 14321 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7894 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3639 are women (20.86%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4995 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2779 NSE-listed companies.
- 293 individuals holding 359 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 216 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 828 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2842 companies, 1069 (37.61%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 400 (37.42%) 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 1484 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1484 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2007 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 | 78 | 0.45% | 14 | 14 |
| 26 – 35 | 1093 | 6.27% | 499 | 589 |
| 36 – 45 | 2376 | 13.62% | 970 | 1111 |
| 46 – 60 | 6092 | 34.92% | 2239 | 2781 |
| 61 – 69 | 4052 | 23.23% | 2463 | 3508 |
| 70 – 80 | 2291 | 13.13% | 1372 | 1878 |
| 81 – 90 | 287 | 1.65% | 106 | 123 |
| > 90 | 22 | 0.13% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1153 | 6.61% | 556 | 560 |
| TOTAL | 17444 | 100.00% | 8225 | 10570 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12831 (60.79%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8356 (39.59%) more than 6 years; 5601 (26.54%) more than 9 years and 4267 (20.22%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2426 | 11.49 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5849 | 27.71 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4475 | 21.20 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2755 | 13.05 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1334 | 6.32 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4267 | 20.22 |
| TOTAL | 21106 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.61% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.04% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.35% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5234 (30.00%) are Management Graduates (of which 800 are IIM graduates).
- 2007 (11.51%) are Chartered Accountants, 733 (4.20%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1566 (8.98%) are Lawyers.
- 275 (1.58%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3758 (21.54%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 971 | 5.57% | 1290 | 6.11% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9321 | 53.43% | 11924 | 56.50% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1844 | 10.57% | 2144 | 10.16% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4141 | 23.74% | 4558 | 21.60% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 106 | 0.61% | 114 | 0.54% |
| SCHOOLING | 362 | 2.08% | 368 | 1.74% |
| NOT KNOWN | 699 | 4.01% | 708 | 3.35% |
| TOTAL | 17444 | 100.00% | 21106 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22503 directorship positions on these 3599 companies, giving an average of 6.25 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 804 | 22.34 |
| 5 – 10 | 2558 | 71.08 |
| 11 – 15 | 224 | 6.22 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3599 | 100.00 |