SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
16295 individuals are on the boards of 2611 NSE-listed companies.
- These 16295 individuals occupy a total of 20433 directorship positions in 2611 companies listed at NSE and 440 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 16295 individuals:
- 13690 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7427 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3349 are women (20.55%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4434 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2558 NSE-listed companies.
- 265 individuals holding 322 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 148 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 15 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
- 515 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 764 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2611 companies, 1010 (38.68%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 369 (36.53%) 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 1396 individuals are above 70 years.
- 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1396 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1883 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 | 72 | 0.44% | 16 | 16 |
26 – 35 | 997 | 6.12% | 464 | 537 |
36 – 45 | 2116 | 12.99% | 866 | 992 |
46 – 60 | 5796 | 35.57% | 2145 | 2651 |
61 – 69 | 3943 | 24.20% | 2427 | 3356 |
70 – 80 | 2132 | 13.08% | 1288 | 1761 |
81 – 90 | 269 | 1.65% | 104 | 118 |
> 90 | 20 | 0.12% | 4 | 4 |
NOT KNOWN | 950 | 5.83% | 443 | 445 |
TOTAL | 16295 | 100.00% | 7757 | 9880 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11935 (60.68%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7849 (39.91%) more than 6 years; 5287 (26.88%) more than 9 years and 4017 (20.42%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2846 | 14.47 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 4887 | 24.85 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 4086 | 20.77 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2562 | 13.03 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1270 | 6.46 |
> 12 YEARS | 4017 | 20.42 |
TOTAL | 19668 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 61.51% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.68% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.81% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 4827 (29.62%) are Management Graduates (of which 747 are IIM graduates).
- 1847 (11.33%) are Chartered Accountants, 637 (3.91%) are Company Secretaries and 213 (1.31%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1448 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
- 237 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3444 (21.14%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 907 | 5.57% | 1197 | 6.09% |
POST GRADUATES | 8525 | 52.32% | 10900 | 55.42% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1701 | 10.44% | 1977 | 10.05% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4016 | 24.65% | 4433 | 22.54% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 101 | 0.62% | 109 | 0.55% |
SCHOOLING | 301 | 1.85% | 303 | 1.54% |
NOT KNOWN | 744 | 4.57% | 749 | 3.81% |
TOTAL | 16295 | 100.00% | 19668 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 20433 directorship positions on these 3051 companies, giving an average of 6.70 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 494 | 16.19 |
5 – 10 | 2301 | 75.42 |
11 – 15 | 244 | 8.00 |
>15 | 12 | 0.39 |
TOTAL | 3051 | 100.00 |