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Website Updated till 29-AUG-2025

SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

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 680.41%1616
26 – 35 10266.14%471550
36 – 45 216812.97%8891021
46 – 60 587535.14%21742693
61 – 69 399123.87%24453427
70 – 80 215412.88%12901771
81 – 90 2601.56%96111
> 90 240.14%55
NOT KNOWN 11536.90%563566
TOTAL 16719100.00% 794910160

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 9205.50% 12226.05%
POST GRADUATES 882652.79% 1129455.92%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
173410.37% 20189.99%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
400823.97% 441121.84%
UNDERGRADUATES 1030.62% 1110.55%
SCHOOLING 3061.83% 3091.53%
NOT KNOWN 8224.92% 8304.11%
TOTAL 16719 100.00% 20195100.00%

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  % 
<551016.22
5 – 10237875.61
11 – 152427.69
>15150.48
TOTAL3145100.00

Note:

  • Data for a company prior to its listing on NSE is not available.

  • Data for Companies exclusively listed on BSE with market capitalization more than Rs. 1000 crore is available from 1st April 2019 onwards.

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