SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
16719 individuals are on the boards of 2690 NSE-listed companies.
- These 16719 individuals occupy a total of 20989 directorship positions in 2690 companies listed at NSE and 455 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 16719 individuals:
- 14053 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7623 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3459 are women (20.69%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4569 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2635 NSE-listed companies.
- 271 individuals holding 328 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 160 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 532 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 782 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2690 companies, 1014 (37.70%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 370 (36.49%) 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.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1391 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1391 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1887 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 | 68 | 0.41% | 16 | 16 |
26 – 35 | 1026 | 6.14% | 471 | 550 |
36 – 45 | 2168 | 12.97% | 889 | 1021 |
46 – 60 | 5875 | 35.14% | 2174 | 2693 |
61 – 69 | 3991 | 23.87% | 2445 | 3427 |
70 – 80 | 2154 | 12.88% | 1290 | 1771 |
81 – 90 | 260 | 1.56% | 96 | 111 |
> 90 | 24 | 0.14% | 5 | 5 |
NOT KNOWN | 1153 | 6.90% | 563 | 566 |
TOTAL | 16719 | 100.00% | 7949 | 10160 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12218 (60.50%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7995 (39.59%) more than 6 years; 5381 (26.65%) more than 9 years and 4089 (20.25%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2618 | 12.96 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 5359 | 26.54 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 4223 | 20.91 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2614 | 12.94 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1292 | 6.40 |
> 12 YEARS | 4089 | 20.25 |
TOTAL | 20195 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 61.97% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.92% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.11% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4951 (29.61%) are Management Graduates (of which 757 are IIM graduates).
- 1892 (11.32%) are Chartered Accountants, 673 (4.03%) are Company Secretaries and 213 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1489 (8.91%) are Lawyers.
- 243 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3532 (21.13%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 920 | 5.50% | 1222 | 6.05% |
POST GRADUATES | 8826 | 52.79% | 11294 | 55.92% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1734 | 10.37% | 2018 | 9.99% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4008 | 23.97% | 4411 | 21.84% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 103 | 0.62% | 111 | 0.55% |
SCHOOLING | 306 | 1.83% | 309 | 1.53% |
NOT KNOWN | 822 | 4.92% | 830 | 4.11% |
TOTAL | 16719 | 100.00% | 20195 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 20989 directorship positions on these 3145 companies, giving an average of 6.67 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 510 | 16.22 |
5 – 10 | 2378 | 75.61 |
11 – 15 | 242 | 7.69 |
>15 | 15 | 0.48 |
TOTAL | 3145 | 100.00 |