SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
13320 individuals are on the boards of 2072 NSE-listed companies.
- These 13320 individuals occupy a total of 17284 directorship positions in 2072 companies listed at NSE and 559 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 13320 individuals:
- 10890 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6275 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2520 are women (18.92%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3426 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2029 NSE-listed companies.
- 248 individuals holding 298 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 174 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 441 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 679 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2072 companies, 927 (44.74%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 336 (36.25%) 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.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 94 years (MR.MAHENDRA RATILAL MEHTA). 44 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 2356 individuals are above 70 years.
- 44 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 0 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 2356 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 0 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 | 44 | 0.33% | 8 | 8 |
26 – 35 | 712 | 5.35% | 335 | 360 |
36 – 45 | 1506 | 11.31% | 568 | 658 |
46 – 60 | 4766 | 35.78% | 1754 | 2124 |
61 – 69 | 3193 | 23.97% | 1945 | 2649 |
70 – 80 | 1991 | 14.95% | 1355 | 1892 |
81 – 90 | 338 | 2.54% | 220 | 281 |
> 90 | 27 | 0.20% | 15 | 19 |
NOT KNOWN | 743 | 5.58% | 366 | 368 |
TOTAL | 13320 | 100.00% | 6566 | 8359 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 10915 (67.31%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7560 (46.62%) more than 6 years; 5392 (33.25%) more than 9 years and 4364 (26.91%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 74 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 1790 | 11.04 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3510 | 21.65 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3355 | 20.69 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2168 | 13.37 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1028 | 6.34 |
> 12 YEARS | 4364 | 26.91 |
TOTAL | 16215 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 59.66% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 40.34% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 3793 (28.48%) are Management Graduates (of which 601 are IIM graduates).
- 1607 (12.06%) are Chartered Accountants, 439 (3.30%) are Company Secretaries and 174 (1.31%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1169 (8.78%) are Lawyers.
- 191 (1.43%) are Medical Doctors.
- 2810 (21.10%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 816 | 6.13% | 1060 | 6.53% |
POST GRADUATES | 6641 | 49.86% | 8618 | 53.13% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1394 | 10.47% | 1655 | 10.20% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3684 | 27.66% | 4085 | 25.18% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 88 | 0.66% | 97 | 0.60% |
SCHOOLING | 206 | 1.55% | 208 | 1.28% |
NOT KNOWN | 491 | 3.69% | 498 | 3.07% |
TOTAL | 13320 | 100.00% | 16221 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 17284 directorship positions on these 2631 companies, giving an average of 6.57 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 20 (MRF LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 589 | 22.39 |
5 – 10 | 1785 | 67.84 |
11 – 15 | 235 | 8.93 |
>15 | 22 | 0.84 |
TOTAL | 2631 | 100.00 |