SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17440 individuals are on the boards of 2847 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17440 individuals occupy a total of 22445 directorship positions in 2848 companies listed at NSE and 730 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17440 individuals:
- 14347 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7877 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3644 are women (20.89%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4981 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2777 NSE-listed companies.
- 291 individuals holding 356 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 215 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 544 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 829 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2847 companies, 1068 (37.51%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 400 (37.45%) 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 21 years (MR.ADITYA SAURABH GADGIL) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1499 individuals are above 70 years.
- 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1499 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2023 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 | 78 | 0.45% | 14 | 14 |
| 26 – 35 | 1086 | 6.23% | 493 | 579 |
| 36 – 45 | 2378 | 13.64% | 971 | 1111 |
| 46 – 60 | 6062 | 34.76% | 2220 | 2758 |
| 61 – 69 | 4037 | 23.15% | 2445 | 3488 |
| 70 – 80 | 2310 | 13.25% | 1386 | 1892 |
| 81 – 90 | 290 | 1.66% | 107 | 125 |
| > 90 | 22 | 0.13% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1177 | 6.75% | 565 | 571 |
| TOTAL | 17440 | 100.00% | 8207 | 10544 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12834 (60.85%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8399 (39.82%) more than 6 years; 5618 (26.64%) more than 9 years and 4284 (20.31%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2399 | 11.37 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5859 | 27.78 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4435 | 21.03 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2781 | 13.19 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1334 | 6.32 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4284 | 20.31 |
| TOTAL | 21092 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.55% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.04% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.41% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5231 (29.99%) are Management Graduates (of which 802 are IIM graduates).
- 2010 (11.53%) are Chartered Accountants, 731 (4.19%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1555 (8.92%) are Lawyers.
- 272 (1.56%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3745 (21.47%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 967 | 5.54% | 1284 | 6.09% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9311 | 53.39% | 11908 | 56.46% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1837 | 10.53% | 2135 | 10.12% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4144 | 23.76% | 4561 | 21.62% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 106 | 0.61% | 114 | 0.54% |
| SCHOOLING | 365 | 2.09% | 371 | 1.76% |
| NOT KNOWN | 710 | 4.07% | 719 | 3.41% |
| TOTAL | 17440 | 100.00% | 21092 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22445 directorship positions on these 3578 companies, giving an average of 6.27 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 782 | 21.86 |
| 5 – 10 | 2563 | 71.63 |
| 11 – 15 | 220 | 6.15 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3578 | 100.00 |