SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
15216 individuals are on the boards of 2390 NSE-listed companies.
- These 15216 individuals occupy a total of 19758 directorship positions in 2390 companies listed at NSE and 653 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 15216 individuals:
- 12384 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7116 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3049 are women (20.04%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4179 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2344 NSE-listed companies.
- 254 individuals holding 305 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 182 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 504 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 746 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2390 companies, 959 (40.13%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 344 (35.87%) 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 96 years (MR.SHANTILAL LAL GANDHI). 9 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1543 individuals are above 70 years.
- 9 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 9 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1543 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2112 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 | 58 | 0.38% | 9 | 9 |
26 – 35 | 808 | 5.31% | 382 | 443 |
36 – 45 | 1675 | 11.01% | 639 | 751 |
46 – 60 | 5087 | 33.43% | 1902 | 2353 |
61 – 69 | 3456 | 22.71% | 2127 | 2956 |
70 – 80 | 2059 | 13.53% | 1345 | 1881 |
81 – 90 | 330 | 2.17% | 188 | 218 |
> 90 | 25 | 0.16% | 10 | 13 |
NOT KNOWN | 1718 | 11.29% | 833 | 857 |
TOTAL | 15216 | 100.00% | 7435 | 9481 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11725 (63.55%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7998 (43.35%) more than 6 years; 5842 (31.66%) more than 9 years and 4356 (23.61%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2587 | 14.02 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4138 | 22.43 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3727 | 20.20 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2156 | 11.69 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1486 | 8.05 |
> 12 YEARS | 4356 | 23.61 |
TOTAL | 18450 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.70% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.19% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 5.11% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4235 (27.83%) are Management Graduates (of which 655 are IIM graduates).
- 1731 (11.38%) are Chartered Accountants, 538 (3.54%) are Company Secretaries and 180 (1.18%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1339 (8.80%) are Lawyers.
- 225 (1.48%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3112 (20.45%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 902 | 5.93% | 1157 | 6.27% |
POST GRADUATES | 8079 | 53.10% | 10412 | 56.43% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1518 | 9.98% | 1792 | 9.71% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3433 | 22.56% | 3786 | 20.52% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 87 | 0.57% | 96 | 0.52% |
SCHOOLING | 263 | 1.73% | 265 | 1.44% |
NOT KNOWN | 934 | 6.14% | 942 | 5.11% |
TOTAL | 15216 | 100.00% | 18450 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19758 directorship positions on these 3043 companies, giving an average of 6.49 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 20 (MRF LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 674 | 22.15 |
5 – 10 | 2062 | 67.76 |
11 – 15 | 288 | 9.46 |
>15 | 19 | 0.62 |
TOTAL | 3043 | 100.00 |