SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
14710 individuals are on the boards of 2321 NSE-listed companies.
- These 14710 individuals occupy a total of 19017 directorship positions in 2322 companies listed at NSE and 616 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 14710 individuals:
- 12024 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6836 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2935 are women (19.95%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3989 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2276 NSE-listed companies.
- 248 individuals holding 300 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 166 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 488 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 724 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2321 companies, 957 (41.23%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 346 (36.15%) 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). 9 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1560 individuals are above 70 years.
- 9 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 9 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1560 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2138 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 | 53 | 0.36% | 9 | 9 |
26 – 35 | 790 | 5.37% | 375 | 432 |
36 – 45 | 1659 | 11.28% | 632 | 736 |
46 – 60 | 5049 | 34.32% | 1864 | 2301 |
61 – 69 | 3356 | 22.81% | 2058 | 2835 |
70 – 80 | 2059 | 14.00% | 1358 | 1900 |
81 – 90 | 330 | 2.24% | 194 | 226 |
> 90 | 22 | 0.15% | 8 | 12 |
NOT KNOWN | 1392 | 9.46% | 651 | 666 |
TOTAL | 14710 | 100.00% | 7149 | 9117 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11579 (64.92%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7917 (44.39%) more than 6 years; 5827 (32.67%) more than 9 years and 4350 (24.39%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2408 | 13.50 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3849 | 21.58 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3662 | 20.53 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2090 | 11.72 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1477 | 8.28 |
> 12 YEARS | 4350 | 24.39 |
TOTAL | 17836 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 60.66% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 39.34% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 4112 (27.95%) are Management Graduates (of which 631 are IIM graduates).
- 1664 (11.31%) are Chartered Accountants, 515 (3.50%) are Company Secretaries and 173 (1.18%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1300 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
- 223 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
- 2982 (20.27%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 891 | 6.06% | 1147 | 6.43% |
POST GRADUATES | 7487 | 50.90% | 9675 | 54.23% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1565 | 10.64% | 1855 | 10.40% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3635 | 24.71% | 4017 | 22.51% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 88 | 0.60% | 97 | 0.54% |
SCHOOLING | 258 | 1.75% | 260 | 1.46% |
NOT KNOWN | 786 | 5.34% | 791 | 4.43% |
TOTAL | 14710 | 100.00% | 17842 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19017 directorship positions on these 2938 companies, giving an average of 6.47 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 20 (MRF LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 649 | 22.09 |
5 – 10 | 2021 | 68.79 |
11 – 15 | 252 | 8.58 |
>15 | 16 | 0.54 |
TOTAL | 2938 | 100.00 |