SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
14795 individuals are on the boards of 2295 NSE-listed companies.
- These 14795 individuals occupy a total of 19225 directorship positions in 2298 companies listed at NSE and 627 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 14795 individuals:
- 12055 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6984 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2903 are women (19.62%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3957 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2249 NSE-listed companies.
- 251 individuals holding 302 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 185 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 484 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 732 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2295 companies, 964 (42.00%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 339 (35.17%) companies have Promoter-Directors as Non-Executive Chairman.
Distribution Summary by Age of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- The average age of Directors is 57 years.
- The youngest director is aged 19 years (MR.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 8 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1718 individuals are above 70 years.
- 8 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 8 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1718 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2393 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 | 52 | 0.35% | 8 | 8 |
26 – 35 | 779 | 5.27% | 366 | 416 |
36 – 45 | 1634 | 11.04% | 624 | 727 |
46 – 60 | 5009 | 33.86% | 1865 | 2298 |
61 – 69 | 3384 | 22.87% | 2084 | 2869 |
70 – 80 | 2140 | 14.46% | 1457 | 2063 |
81 – 90 | 382 | 2.58% | 244 | 309 |
> 90 | 31 | 0.21% | 17 | 21 |
NOT KNOWN | 1384 | 9.35% | 647 | 658 |
TOTAL | 14795 | 100.00% | 7312 | 9369 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11979 (66.48%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8331 (46.24%) more than 6 years; 6181 (34.30%) more than 9 years and 4667 (25.90%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 74 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2223 | 12.34 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3816 | 21.18 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3648 | 20.25 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2150 | 11.93 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1514 | 8.40 |
> 12 YEARS | 4667 | 25.90 |
TOTAL | 18018 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 60.64% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 39.36% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 4085 (27.61%) are Management Graduates (of which 634 are IIM graduates).
- 1684 (11.38%) are Chartered Accountants, 517 (3.49%) are Company Secretaries and 174 (1.18%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1299 (8.78%) are Lawyers.
- 223 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 2981 (20.15%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 891 | 6.02% | 1149 | 6.37% |
POST GRADUATES | 7507 | 50.74% | 9781 | 54.27% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1571 | 10.62% | 1869 | 10.37% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3623 | 24.49% | 4006 | 22.23% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 88 | 0.59% | 97 | 0.54% |
SCHOOLING | 253 | 1.71% | 255 | 1.41% |
NOT KNOWN | 862 | 5.83% | 867 | 4.81% |
TOTAL | 14795 | 100.00% | 18024 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19225 directorship positions on these 2925 companies, giving an average of 6.57 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 651 | 22.26 |
5 – 10 | 1955 | 66.84 |
11 – 15 | 301 | 10.29 |
>15 | 18 | 0.62 |
TOTAL | 2925 | 100.00 |