SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
14687 individuals are on the boards of 2316 NSE-listed companies.
- These 14687 individuals occupy a total of 18992 directorship positions in 2317 companies listed at NSE and 618 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 14687 individuals:
- 12004 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6832 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2929 are women (19.94%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3983 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2271 NSE-listed companies.
- 248 individuals holding 301 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 165 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 489 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 727 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2316 companies, 955 (41.23%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 345 (36.13%) 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). 10 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1556 individuals are above 70 years.
- 10 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 10 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1556 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2132 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% | 10 | 10 |
26 – 35 | 786 | 5.35% | 371 | 426 |
36 – 45 | 1654 | 11.26% | 629 | 733 |
46 – 60 | 5044 | 34.34% | 1864 | 2302 |
61 – 69 | 3361 | 22.88% | 2058 | 2831 |
70 – 80 | 2052 | 13.97% | 1356 | 1896 |
81 – 90 | 328 | 2.23% | 192 | 224 |
> 90 | 22 | 0.15% | 8 | 12 |
NOT KNOWN | 1387 | 9.44% | 657 | 671 |
TOTAL | 14687 | 100.00% | 7145 | 9105 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11562 (64.93%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7916 (44.46%) more than 6 years; 5823 (32.70%) more than 9 years and 4347 (24.41%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2406 | 13.51 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3838 | 21.55 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3646 | 20.48 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2093 | 11.75 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1476 | 8.29 |
> 12 YEARS | 4347 | 24.41 |
TOTAL | 17806 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 60.71% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 39.29% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 4107 (27.96%) are Management Graduates (of which 631 are IIM graduates).
- 1662 (11.32%) are Chartered Accountants, 513 (3.49%) are Company Secretaries and 173 (1.18%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1296 (8.82%) are Lawyers.
- 222 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 2974 (20.25%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 889 | 6.05% | 1147 | 6.44% |
POST GRADUATES | 7481 | 50.94% | 9667 | 54.27% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1558 | 10.61% | 1844 | 10.35% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3633 | 24.74% | 4012 | 22.52% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 88 | 0.60% | 97 | 0.54% |
SCHOOLING | 256 | 1.74% | 258 | 1.45% |
NOT KNOWN | 782 | 5.32% | 787 | 4.42% |
TOTAL | 14687 | 100.00% | 17812 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 18992 directorship positions on these 2935 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 | 22.11 |
5 – 10 | 2015 | 68.65 |
11 – 15 | 255 | 8.69 |
>15 | 16 | 0.55 |
TOTAL | 2935 | 100.00 |