SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
15674 individuals are on the boards of 2509 NSE-listed companies.
- These 15674 individuals occupy a total of 19633 directorship positions in 2510 companies listed at NSE and 423 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 15674 individuals:
- 13164 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7107 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3202 are women (20.43%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4224 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2441 NSE-listed companies.
- 260 individuals holding 315 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 145 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 15 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 508 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 736 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2509 companies, 960 (38.26%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 355 (36.98%) 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). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1305 individuals are above 70 years.
- 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1305 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1767 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 | 63 | 0.40% | 12 | 12 |
26 – 35 | 855 | 5.45% | 396 | 472 |
36 – 45 | 1757 | 11.21% | 687 | 809 |
46 – 60 | 5150 | 32.86% | 1856 | 2320 |
61 – 69 | 3480 | 22.20% | 2116 | 2966 |
70 – 80 | 1963 | 12.52% | 1195 | 1646 |
81 – 90 | 268 | 1.71% | 106 | 117 |
> 90 | 20 | 0.13% | 4 | 4 |
NOT KNOWN | 2118 | 13.51% | 1062 | 1090 |
TOTAL | 15674 | 100.00% | 7434 | 9436 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11440 (60.55%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7551 (39.96%) more than 6 years; 5273 (27.91%) more than 9 years and 3971 (21.02%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 3067 | 16.23 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4388 | 23.22 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3889 | 20.58 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2278 | 12.06 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1302 | 6.89 |
> 12 YEARS | 3971 | 21.02 |
TOTAL | 18895 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 61.35% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.34% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 6.31% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4456 (28.43%) are Management Graduates (of which 710 are IIM graduates).
- 1747 (11.15%) are Chartered Accountants, 581 (3.71%) are Company Secretaries and 187 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1349 (8.61%) are Lawyers.
- 219 (1.40%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3198 (20.40%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 876 | 5.59% | 1130 | 5.98% |
POST GRADUATES | 8149 | 51.99% | 10463 | 55.37% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1517 | 9.68% | 1783 | 9.44% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3588 | 22.89% | 3955 | 20.93% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 94 | 0.60% | 102 | 0.54% |
SCHOOLING | 267 | 1.70% | 269 | 1.42% |
NOT KNOWN | 1183 | 7.55% | 1193 | 6.31% |
TOTAL | 15674 | 100.00% | 18895 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19633 directorship positions on these 2933 companies, giving an average of 6.69 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 22 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 472 | 16.09 |
5 – 10 | 2225 | 75.86 |
11 – 15 | 224 | 7.64 |
>15 | 12 | 0.41 |
TOTAL | 2933 | 100.00 |