SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
16053 individuals are on the boards of 2590 NSE-listed companies.
- These 16053 individuals occupy a total of 20162 directorship positions in 2590 companies listed at NSE and 420 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 16053 individuals:
- 13468 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7263 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3299 are women (20.55%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4375 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2528 NSE-listed companies.
- 269 individuals holding 331 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 153 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 18 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 517 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 761 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2590 companies, 1002 (38.69%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 361 (36.03%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1325 individuals are above 70 years.
- 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1325 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1800 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 | 68 | 0.42% | 15 | 16 |
26 – 35 | 917 | 5.71% | 424 | 504 |
36 – 45 | 1926 | 12.00% | 757 | 873 |
46 – 60 | 5380 | 33.51% | 1935 | 2430 |
61 – 69 | 3640 | 22.67% | 2184 | 3087 |
70 – 80 | 2033 | 12.66% | 1218 | 1682 |
81 – 90 | 273 | 1.70% | 104 | 115 |
> 90 | 19 | 0.12% | 3 | 3 |
NOT KNOWN | 1797 | 11.19% | 953 | 976 |
TOTAL | 16053 | 100.00% | 7593 | 9686 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11753 (60.54%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7744 (39.89%) more than 6 years; 5300 (27.30%) more than 9 years and 4009 (20.65%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 3013 | 15.52 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4647 | 23.94 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 4009 | 20.65 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2444 | 12.59 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1291 | 6.65 |
> 12 YEARS | 4009 | 20.65 |
TOTAL | 19413 | 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, 33.38% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.01% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4715 (29.37%) are Management Graduates (of which 733 are IIM graduates).
- 1796 (11.19%) are Chartered Accountants, 614 (3.82%) are Company Secretaries and 194 (1.21%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1406 (8.76%) are Lawyers.
- 224 (1.40%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3385 (21.09%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 890 | 5.54% | 1171 | 6.03% |
POST GRADUATES | 8575 | 53.42% | 10983 | 56.58% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1611 | 10.04% | 1884 | 9.70% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3802 | 23.68% | 4184 | 21.55% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 100 | 0.62% | 109 | 0.56% |
SCHOOLING | 302 | 1.88% | 304 | 1.57% |
NOT KNOWN | 773 | 4.82% | 778 | 4.01% |
TOTAL | 16053 | 100.00% | 19413 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 20162 directorship positions on these 3010 companies, giving an average of 6.70 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 479 | 15.91 |
5 – 10 | 2284 | 75.88 |
11 – 15 | 235 | 7.81 |
>15 | 12 | 0.40 |
TOTAL | 3010 | 100.00 |