SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
16202 individuals are on the boards of 2598 NSE-listed companies.
- These 16202 individuals occupy a total of 20306 directorship positions in 2598 companies listed at NSE and 439 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 16202 individuals:
- 13619 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7387 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3321 are women (20.50%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4397 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2546 NSE-listed companies.
- 268 individuals holding 325 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 147 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 15 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 516 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 756 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2598 companies, 1002 (38.57%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 363 (36.23%) 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.MAHENDRA RATILAL MEHTA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1319 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1319 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1797 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 | 66 | 0.41% | 16 | 17 |
26 – 35 | 905 | 5.59% | 414 | 486 |
36 – 45 | 1932 | 11.92% | 770 | 889 |
46 – 60 | 5364 | 33.11% | 1960 | 2456 |
61 – 69 | 3662 | 22.60% | 2193 | 3104 |
70 – 80 | 2041 | 12.60% | 1215 | 1679 |
81 – 90 | 269 | 1.66% | 100 | 114 |
> 90 | 21 | 0.13% | 4 | 4 |
NOT KNOWN | 1942 | 11.99% | 1031 | 1053 |
TOTAL | 16202 | 100.00% | 7703 | 9802 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11850 (60.64%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7792 (39.88%) more than 6 years; 5263 (26.93%) more than 9 years and 4000 (20.47%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2852 | 14.60 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4838 | 24.76 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 4058 | 20.77 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2529 | 12.94 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1263 | 6.46 |
> 12 YEARS | 4000 | 20.47 |
TOTAL | 19540 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.70% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.29% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.01% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4777 (29.48%) are Management Graduates (of which 742 are IIM graduates).
- 1823 (11.25%) are Chartered Accountants, 630 (3.89%) are Company Secretaries and 204 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1432 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
- 231 (1.43%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3424 (21.13%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 895 | 5.52% | 1174 | 6.01% |
POST GRADUATES | 8682 | 53.59% | 11077 | 56.69% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1625 | 10.03% | 1895 | 9.70% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3817 | 23.56% | 4196 | 21.47% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 100 | 0.62% | 108 | 0.55% |
SCHOOLING | 304 | 1.88% | 306 | 1.57% |
NOT KNOWN | 779 | 4.81% | 784 | 4.01% |
TOTAL | 16202 | 100.00% | 19540 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 20306 directorship positions on these 3037 companies, giving an average of 6.69 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 494 | 16.27 |
5 – 10 | 2284 | 75.21 |
11 – 15 | 246 | 8.10 |
>15 | 13 | 0.43 |
TOTAL | 3037 | 100.00 |