SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES
(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on
17420 individuals are on the boards of 2829 NSE-listed companies.
- These 17420 individuals occupy a total of 22447 directorship positions in 2829 companies listed at NSE and 735 companies listed on BSE.
- Of these 17420 individuals:
- 14309 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
- 7903 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
- only 3624 are women (20.80%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4963 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2777 NSE-listed companies.
- 290 individuals holding 355 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
- 216 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
- 537 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 818 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
- Of 2829 companies, 1056 (37.33%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 393 (37.22%) 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). 13 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1467 individuals are above 70 years.
- 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
- 1467 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1979 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 | 73 | 0.42% | 13 | 13 |
| 26 – 35 | 1086 | 6.23% | 495 | 584 |
| 36 – 45 | 2372 | 13.62% | 969 | 1110 |
| 46 – 60 | 6089 | 34.95% | 2258 | 2804 |
| 61 – 69 | 4058 | 23.30% | 2471 | 3518 |
| 70 – 80 | 2263 | 12.99% | 1356 | 1851 |
| 81 – 90 | 288 | 1.65% | 105 | 122 |
| > 90 | 23 | 0.13% | 6 | 6 |
| NOT KNOWN | 1168 | 6.70% | 561 | 565 |
| TOTAL | 17420 | 100.00% | 8234 | 10573 |
Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- Tenure of 12721 (60.38%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8328 (39.53%) more than 6 years; 5552 (26.35%) more than 9 years and 4252 (20.18%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
| Tenure |
No. of Directorships |
% |
| < 1 YEAR | 2467 | 11.71 |
| >1 - <3 YEARS | 5879 | 27.91 |
| >3 - <6 YEARS | 4393 | 20.85 |
| >6 - <9 YEARS | 2776 | 13.18 |
| >9 - <12 YEARS | 1300 | 6.17 |
| > 12 YEARS | 4252 | 20.18 |
| TOTAL | 21067 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies
- 62.47% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.00% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.53% of Directorship positions is not known.
- 5203 (29.87%) are Management Graduates (of which 798 are IIM graduates).
- 2002 (11.49%) are Chartered Accountants, 728 (4.18%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
- 1562 (8.97%) are Lawyers.
- 279 (1.60%) are Medical Doctors.
- 3728 (21.40%) are Engineers.
| Highest Level of Education |
No. of Directors |
% |
No. of Directorship Positions Held |
% |
| DOCTORATES | 969 | 5.56% | 1287 | 6.11% |
| POST GRADUATES | 9284 | 53.30% | 11874 | 56.36% |
TECHNICAL GRADUATES (B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.) | 1837 | 10.55% | 2139 | 10.15% |
GENERAL GRADUATES (B.A., B.COM. ETC.) | 4140 | 23.77% | 4554 | 21.62% |
| UNDERGRADUATES | 105 | 0.60% | 113 | 0.54% |
| SCHOOLING | 351 | 2.01% | 357 | 1.69% |
| NOT KNOWN | 734 | 4.21% | 743 | 3.53% |
| TOTAL | 17420 | 100.00% | 21067 | 100.00% |
Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE
- There are a total of 22447 directorship positions on these 3564 companies, giving an average of 6.30 directors per company.
- The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
| No. of Directors |
No. of Companies |
% |
| <5 | 778 | 21.83 |
| 5 – 10 | 2531 | 71.02 |
| 11 – 15 | 242 | 6.79 |
| >15 | 13 | 0.36 |
| TOTAL | 3564 | 100.00 |