SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
14725 individuals are on the boards of 2324 NSE-listed companies.
- These 14725 individuals occupy a total of 19012 directorship positions in 2325 companies listed at NSE and 598 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 14725 individuals:
- 12052 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6848 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2932 are women (19.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3976 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2276 NSE-listed companies.
- 248 individuals holding 300 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 167 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 490 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 729 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2324 companies, 957 (41.18%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 346 (36.15%) 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 95 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 9 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1566 individuals are above 70 years.
- 9 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 9 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1566 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2145 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 | 53 | 0.36% | 9 | 9 |
26 – 35 | 798 | 5.42% | 380 | 436 |
36 – 45 | 1656 | 11.24% | 633 | 738 |
46 – 60 | 5050 | 34.27% | 1867 | 2301 |
61 – 69 | 3366 | 22.84% | 2067 | 2853 |
70 – 80 | 2065 | 14.01% | 1363 | 1906 |
81 – 90 | 332 | 2.25% | 195 | 227 |
> 90 | 22 | 0.15% | 8 | 12 |
NOT KNOWN | 1393 | 9.45% | 647 | 661 |
TOTAL | 14735 | 100.00% | 7169 | 9143 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11589 (64.89%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7937 (44.44%) more than 6 years; 5836 (32.68%) more than 9 years and 4362 (24.42%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2380 | 13.33 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3891 | 21.79 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3652 | 20.45 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2101 | 11.76 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1474 | 8.25 |
> 12 YEARS | 4362 | 24.42 |
TOTAL | 17860 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 60.67% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 39.33% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 4113 (27.91%) are Management Graduates (of which 623 are IIM graduates).
- 1672 (11.35%) are Chartered Accountants, 517 (3.51%) are Company Secretaries and 173 (1.17%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1306 (8.86%) are Lawyers.
- 223 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 2986 (20.26%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 892 | 6.05% | 1146 | 6.41% |
POST GRADUATES | 7501 | 50.91% | 9699 | 54.26% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1571 | 10.66% | 1864 | 10.43% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3649 | 24.76% | 4029 | 22.54% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 89 | 0.60% | 98 | 0.55% |
SCHOOLING | 259 | 1.76% | 261 | 1.46% |
NOT KNOWN | 774 | 5.25% | 779 | 4.36% |
TOTAL | 14735 | 100.00% | 17876 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 19012 directorship positions on these 2923 companies, giving an average of 6.50 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 20 (MRF LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 629 | 21.52 |
5 – 10 | 2024 | 69.24 |
11 – 15 | 254 | 8.69 |
>15 | 16 | 0.55 |
TOTAL | 2923 | 100.00 |