SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17789 individuals are on the boards of 2900 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17789 individuals occupy a total of 22881 directorship positions in 2901 companies listed at NSE and 758 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17789 individuals:
- 14630 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 8003 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3720 are women (20.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5092 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2834 NSE-listed companies.
- 310 individuals holding 371 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 211 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 816 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2900 companies, 1086 (37.45%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 408 (37.57%) 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 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1518 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1518 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2041 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 | 81 | 0.46% | 16 | 17 |
| 26 – 35 | 1054 | 5.93% | 471 | 558 |
| 36 – 45 | 2401 | 13.50% | 975 | 1118 |
| 46 – 60 | 6020 | 33.84% | 2151 | 2690 |
| 61 – 69 | 4079 | 22.93% | 2465 | 3536 |
| 70 – 80 | 2368 | 13.31% | 1400 | 1904 |
| 81 – 90 | 304 | 1.71% | 113 | 132 |
| > 90 | 18 | 0.10% | 5 | 5 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1464 | 8.23% | 726 | 737 |
| TOTAL | 17789 | 100.00% | 8322 | 10697 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 13251 (61.75%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8498 (39.60%) more than 6 years; 5737 (26.73%) more than 9 years and 4373 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2346 | 10.93 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5863 | 27.32 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4753 | 22.15 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2761 | 12.87 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1364 | 6.36 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4373 | 20.38 |
| TOTAL | 21460 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 63.64% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.64% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.72% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5360 (30.13%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
- 2041 (11.47%) are Chartered Accountants, 759 (4.27%) are Company Secretaries and 221 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1578 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
- 267 (1.50%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3830 (21.53%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 976 | 5.49% | 1294 | 6.02% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9707 | 54.57% | 12375 | 57.62% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1802 | 10.13% | 2094 | 9.75% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4042 | 22.72% | 4430 | 20.63% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 104 | 0.58% | 112 | 0.52% |
| SCHOOLING | 368 | 2.07% | 375 | 1.75% |
| NOT KNOWN | 790 | 4.44% | 798 | 3.72% |
| TOTAL | 17789 | 100.00% | 21478 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22881 directorship positions on these 3659 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 | 808 | 22.08 |
| 5 – 10 | 2622 | 71.66 |
| 11 – 15 | 218 | 5.96 |
| >15 | 11 | 0.30 |
| TOTAL | 3659 | 100.00 |