SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
14786 individuals are on the boards of 2295 NSE-listed companies.
- These 14786 individuals occupy a total of 19237 directorship positions in 2296 companies listed at NSE and 630 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 14786 individuals:
- 12038 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6973 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2903 are women (19.63%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3960 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2250 NSE-listed companies.
- 252 individuals holding 303 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 189 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 487 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 736 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). 9 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1719 individuals are above 70 years.
- 9 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 9 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1719 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2401 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 | 786 | 5.32% | 370 | 421 |
36 – 45 | 1644 | 11.12% | 627 | 731 |
46 – 60 | 5038 | 34.07% | 1877 | 2316 |
61 – 69 | 3393 | 22.95% | 2091 | 2878 |
70 – 80 | 2144 | 14.50% | 1458 | 2071 |
81 – 90 | 382 | 2.58% | 244 | 309 |
> 90 | 31 | 0.21% | 17 | 21 |
NOT KNOWN | 1315 | 8.89% | 608 | 620 |
TOTAL | 14786 | 100.00% | 7301 | 9376 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11978 (66.44%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8333 (46.22%) more than 6 years; 6180 (34.28%) more than 9 years and 4666 (25.88%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 74 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2228 | 12.36 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3823 | 21.20 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3645 | 20.22 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2153 | 11.94 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1514 | 8.40 |
> 12 YEARS | 4666 | 25.88 |
TOTAL | 18029 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 60.94% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 39.06% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 4110 (27.80%) are Management Graduates (of which 637 are IIM graduates).
- 1687 (11.41%) are Chartered Accountants, 515 (3.48%) are Company Secretaries and 174 (1.18%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1306 (8.83%) are Lawyers.
- 223 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3000 (20.29%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 896 | 6.06% | 1161 | 6.44% |
POST GRADUATES | 7543 | 51.01% | 9829 | 54.50% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1583 | 10.71% | 1882 | 10.44% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3638 | 24.60% | 4021 | 22.30% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 88 | 0.60% | 97 | 0.54% |
SCHOOLING | 255 | 1.72% | 257 | 1.43% |
NOT KNOWN | 783 | 5.30% | 788 | 4.37% |
TOTAL | 14786 | 100.00% | 18035 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19237 directorship positions on these 2926 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 | 652 | 22.28 |
5 – 10 | 1955 | 66.81 |
11 – 15 | 301 | 10.29 |
>15 | 18 | 0.62 |
TOTAL | 2926 | 100.00 |