According to Section 2(34) of Companies Act, 2013 a director is a person who is appointed as director in the company. Companies Act defines various types of Directors like Small Shareholders Directors, Women Director, Additional Director, Alternate Director, Nominee Directors etc.
Minimum number of directors:
- Public company – 3,
- Private company -2
- One person company- 1.
Maximum number of directors:
It is 15 but more can be appointed by passing a special resolution. No special resolution in case of government company and company licensed under section 8 (Conditioned applied ).