SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
16353 individuals are on the boards of 2625 NSE-listed companies.
- These 16353 individuals occupy a total of 20529 directorship positions in 2625 companies listed at NSE and 443 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 16353 individuals:
- 13731 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7452 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3368 are women (20.60%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4451 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2571 NSE-listed companies.
- 269 individuals holding 327 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 150 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 14 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 519 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 771 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2625 companies, 1011 (38.51%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 369 (36.50%) 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 1390 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1390 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1877 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 | 74 | 0.45% | 16 | 16 |
26 – 35 | 1010 | 6.18% | 469 | 544 |
36 – 45 | 2136 | 13.06% | 873 | 995 |
46 – 60 | 5816 | 35.57% | 2150 | 2655 |
61 – 69 | 3954 | 24.18% | 2431 | 3369 |
70 – 80 | 2126 | 13.00% | 1282 | 1755 |
81 – 90 | 272 | 1.66% | 103 | 117 |
> 90 | 21 | 0.13% | 5 | 5 |
NOT KNOWN | 944 | 5.77% | 462 | 465 |
TOTAL | 16353 | 100.00% | 7791 | 9921 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12015 (60.82%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7892 (39.95%) more than 6 years; 5307 (26.86%) more than 9 years and 4027 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2872 | 14.54 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4869 | 24.65 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 4123 | 20.87 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2585 | 13.08 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1280 | 6.48 |
> 12 YEARS | 4027 | 20.38 |
TOTAL | 19756 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 61.61% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.71% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.68% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4847 (29.64%) are Management Graduates (of which 745 are IIM graduates).
- 1863 (11.39%) are Chartered Accountants, 639 (3.91%) are Company Secretaries and 213 (1.30%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1464 (8.95%) are Lawyers.
- 241 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3457 (21.14%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 915 | 5.60% | 1207 | 6.11% |
POST GRADUATES | 8565 | 52.38% | 10964 | 55.50% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1706 | 10.43% | 1981 | 10.03% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4039 | 24.70% | 4460 | 22.58% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 101 | 0.62% | 109 | 0.55% |
SCHOOLING | 305 | 1.87% | 307 | 1.55% |
NOT KNOWN | 722 | 4.42% | 728 | 3.68% |
TOTAL | 16353 | 100.00% | 19756 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 20529 directorship positions on these 3068 companies, giving an average of 6.69 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 496 | 16.17 |
5 – 10 | 2319 | 75.59 |
11 – 15 | 241 | 7.86 |
>15 | 12 | 0.39 |
TOTAL | 3068 | 100.00 |