SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
14696 individuals are on the boards of 2317 NSE-listed companies.
- These 14696 individuals occupy a total of 18997 directorship positions in 2318 companies listed at NSE and 617 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 14696 individuals:
- 12014 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 6836 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 2930 are women (19.94%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 3981 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2272 NSE-listed companies.
- 248 individuals holding 300 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 165 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 488 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 725 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2317 companies, 956 (41.26%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 345 (36.09%) 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). 10 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1557 individuals are above 70 years.
- 10 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 10 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1557 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2132 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% | 10 | 10 |
26 – 35 | 785 | 5.34% | 371 | 426 |
36 – 45 | 1656 | 11.27% | 631 | 735 |
46 – 60 | 5044 | 34.32% | 1863 | 2300 |
61 – 69 | 3355 | 22.83% | 2057 | 2831 |
70 – 80 | 2056 | 13.99% | 1357 | 1896 |
81 – 90 | 328 | 2.23% | 192 | 224 |
> 90 | 22 | 0.15% | 8 | 12 |
NOT KNOWN | 1397 | 9.51% | 660 | 674 |
TOTAL | 14696 | 100.00% | 7149 | 9108 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 11574 (64.97%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7914 (44.43%) more than 6 years; 5823 (32.69%) more than 9 years and 4344 (24.39%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
< 1 YEAR | 2409 | 13.52 |
>1 - <3 YEARS | 3831 | 21.51 |
>3 - <6 YEARS | 3660 | 20.55 |
>6 - <9 YEARS | 2091 | 11.74 |
>9 - <12 YEARS | 1479 | 8.30 |
> 12 YEARS | 4344 | 24.39 |
TOTAL | 17814 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 60.69% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 39.31% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below.
- 4108 (27.95%) are Management Graduates (of which 631 are IIM graduates).
- 1666 (11.34%) are Chartered Accountants, 514 (3.50%) are Company Secretaries and 173 (1.18%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1297 (8.83%) are Lawyers.
- 222 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
- 2975 (20.24%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
DOCTORATES | 889 | 6.05% | 1145 | 6.43% |
POST GRADUATES | 7483 | 50.92% | 9670 | 54.26% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1559 | 10.61% | 1845 | 10.35% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 3630 | 24.70% | 4009 | 22.50% |
UNDERGRADUATES | 88 | 0.60% | 97 | 0.54% |
SCHOOLING | 256 | 1.74% | 258 | 1.45% |
NOT KNOWN | 791 | 5.38% | 796 | 4.47% |
TOTAL | 14696 | 100.00% | 17820 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 18997 directorship positions on these 2935 companies, giving an average of 6.47 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 20 (MRF LTD.).
No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
<5 | 648 | 22.08 |
5 – 10 | 2018 | 68.76 |
11 – 15 | 253 | 8.62 |
>15 | 16 | 0.55 |
TOTAL | 2935 | 100.00 |