Indian Boards Database

Website Updated till 25-SEP-2026

SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES

(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on

18177 individuals are on the boards of 2959 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18177 individuals occupy a total of 23424 directorship positions in 2959 companies listed at NSE and 791 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18177 individuals:
    • 14923 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8210 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3820 are women (21.02%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5246 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2898 NSE-listed companies.
    • 313 individuals holding 376 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 218 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 542 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 826 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2959  companies, 1100 (37.17%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 410 (37.27%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 18 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1554 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1554 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2091 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 910.50%1819
26 – 35 10946.02%490580
36 – 45 250613.79%10271179
46 – 60 622334.24%22412797
61 – 69 415222.84%25143609
70 – 80 240413.23%14331952
81 – 90 3111.71%116134
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 13787.58%697710
TOTAL 18177100.00% 854110985

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13566 (61.81%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8721 (39.74%) more than 6 years; 5908 (26.92%) more than 9 years and 4476 (20.39%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2392 10.90
>1 - <3 YEARS 5989 27.29
>3 - <6 YEARS 4845 22.08
>6 - <9 YEARS 2813 12.82
>9 - <12 YEARS 1432 6.52
> 12 YEARS 4476 20.39
TOTAL 21947 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.72% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.57% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.71% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5470 (30.09%) are Management Graduates (of which 817 are IIM graduates).
  • 2087 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 785 (4.32%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1626 (8.95%) are Lawyers.
  • 270 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3930 (21.62%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9975.48% 13346.08%
POST GRADUATES 995454.76% 1265557.64%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184410.14% 21489.78%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
409422.52% 450820.53%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.58% 1140.52%
SCHOOLING 3762.07% 3841.75%
NOT KNOWN 8074.44% 8143.71%
TOTAL 18177 100.00% 21957100.00%

Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE

  • There are a total of 23424 directorship positions on these 3750 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  % 
<582822.08
5 – 10269271.79
11 – 152195.84
>15110.29
TOTAL3750100.00

Note:

  • Data for a company prior to its listing on NSE is not available.

  • Data for Companies exclusively listed on BSE with market capitalization more than Rs. 1000 crore is available from 1st April 2019 onwards.

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