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Independent Director Seats Falling Vacant on Indian Boards

Read from filed disclosures: where a director is completing a second consecutive term, the seat cannot be renewed. This is when and where those seats fall.

491 Indian boards must vacate an independent director seat within the next 18 months, covering 661 seats. Each is a director completing a second consecutive term, after which the Companies Act requires a cooling-off period — so the seat cannot simply be renewed. That makes these the most predictable board openings in the market, and the table below shows which industries and which quarters they fall in.

By industry and quarter

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QuarterIndustryBoardsSeats
2026 Q3Consumer & Retail1517
2026 Q3Chemicals, Materials & Metals1518
2026 Q3Manufacturing & Industrials1417
2026 Q3Technology & Software1012
2026 Q3Real Estate & Infrastructure910
2026 Q3Banking, Financial Services & Insurance711
2026 Q4Manufacturing & Industrials1010
2026 Q4Chemicals, Materials & Metals913
2026 Q4Pharma & Healthcare77
2026 Q4Banking, Financial Services & Insurance77
2026 Q4Consumer & Retail69
2026 Q4Media, Telecom & Entertainment67
2027 Q1Consumer & Retail1628
2027 Q1Manufacturing & Industrials1314
2027 Q1Banking, Financial Services & Insurance1012
2027 Q1Pharma & Healthcare810
2027 Q1Real Estate & Infrastructure77
2027 Q1Chemicals, Materials & Metals68
2027 Q2Manufacturing & Industrials2128
2027 Q2Consumer & Retail1516
2027 Q2Chemicals, Materials & Metals1316
2027 Q2Banking, Financial Services & Insurance1216
2027 Q2Pharma & Healthcare67
2027 Q2Real Estate & Infrastructure67
2027 Q3Consumer & Retail4862
2027 Q3Manufacturing & Industrials3848
2027 Q3Banking, Financial Services & Insurance3033
2027 Q3Chemicals, Materials & Metals2837
2027 Q3Real Estate & Infrastructure2529
2027 Q3Pharma & Healthcare1317
2027 Q3Technology & Software1317
2027 Q3Energy & Utilities712
2027 Q4Consumer & Retail1113
2027 Q4Banking, Financial Services & Insurance66
2027 Q4Manufacturing & Industrials66
2027 Q4Chemicals, Materials & Metals57

A further 47 boards sit in industry-and-quarter combinations covering fewer than 5 boards each. They are counted in the totals above but not listed, because at that size the combination identifies the company.

Which boards, by name

Foresight

The table above is the shape of the market. Foresight members see the record behind it: the 491 boards by name, the exact disclosed term-end date for each seat, how many seats each board must fill, and the sector and scrip so a candidate can research the board before anyone advertises anything.

  • · Named boards, earliest term ends first
  • · Exact disclosed term-end date per seat
  • · Seats per board, refreshed as filings arrive
  • · Matched against your own profile and committee fit

Method and limits

Boards that disclosed an independent director completing a SECOND consecutive term ending inside the next 18 months, grouped by industry and by the calendar quarter the term ends. First-term expiries are excluded because they are usually followed by re-appointment; signals already past their estimated end date are excluded because a later filing may supersede them. Market capitalisation is deliberately not shown: combined with industry and a month it identifies individual boards. Any archetype covering fewer than 5 boards is counted but not listed.

As of 2026-08-23 · 2,223 filed signals read · 491 boards · 661 seats.

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