SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17754 individuals are on the boards of 2898 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17754 individuals occupy a total of 22852 directorship positions in 2898 companies listed at NSE and 777 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17754 individuals:
- 14590 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7989 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3718 are women (20.94%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5098 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2830 NSE-listed companies.
- 302 individuals holding 362 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 213 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 814 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2898 companies, 1085 (37.44%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 406 (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 20 years (MR.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1526 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1526 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2050 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 | 82 | 0.46% | 16 | 17 |
| 26 – 35 | 1056 | 5.95% | 475 | 562 |
| 36 – 45 | 2388 | 13.45% | 968 | 1108 |
| 46 – 60 | 5984 | 33.71% | 2149 | 2687 |
| 61 – 69 | 4077 | 22.96% | 2461 | 3530 |
| 70 – 80 | 2373 | 13.37% | 1406 | 1911 |
| 81 – 90 | 307 | 1.73% | 115 | 134 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1469 | 8.27% | 708 | 719 |
| TOTAL | 17754 | 100.00% | 8303 | 10673 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13167 (61.45%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8478 (39.57%) more than 6 years; 5723 (26.71%) more than 9 years and 4361 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2361 | 11.02 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5899 | 27.53 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4689 | 21.88 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2755 | 12.86 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1362 | 6.36 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4361 | 20.35 |
| TOTAL | 21427 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.69% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.65% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.66% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5348 (30.12%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2041 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 758 (4.27%) are Company Secretaries and 224 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1580 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
- 268 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3824 (21.54%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 976 | 5.50% | 1292 | 6.03% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9696 | 54.61% | 12355 | 57.66% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1806 | 10.17% | 2096 | 9.78% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4025 | 22.67% | 4410 | 20.58% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.59% | 113 | 0.53% |
| SCHOOLING | 369 | 2.08% | 376 | 1.75% |
| NOT KNOWN | 777 | 4.38% | 785 | 3.66% |
| TOTAL | 17754 | 100.00% | 21427 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22852 directorship positions on these 3675 companies, giving an average of 6.22 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 825 | 22.45 |
| 5 – 10 | 2625 | 71.43 |
| 11 – 15 | 213 | 5.80 |
| >15 | 12 | 0.33 |
| TOTAL | 3675 | 100.00 |