1. 3 directors, in case of a public company, 2. 2 directors, in case of a private company, 3. 1 directors, in case of a One Person Company It shall appoint maximum of 15 directors. It can appoint more than 15 directors after passing a special resolution.

Every company shall have a Board of Directors consisting of individuals as directors. The minimum number of directors are - 1. 3 directors, in case of a public company, 2. 2 directors, in case of a private company, 3. 1 directors, in case of a One Person Company It shall appoint maximum of 15 directors. It can appoint more than 15 directors after passing a special resolution. Therefore, the company has the power to increase or decrease the number of directors. However, a company shall appoint an Independent director or a woman director depending upon reaching the prescribed limits as required by the statute.

Hai . The Companies Act, 2013 fixes the minimum and maximum number of directors a company can appoint. Under the 2013 Act, a private company is required to appoint at least two directors; while a public company must appoint at least three directors and a one person company is required to appoint at least 1 director. A company can appoint a maximum of 15 directors (a maximum of 12 directors were allowed under the Companies Act, 1956).It is possible for a company to increase the number of directors beyond 15 by passing a special resolution to this effect. Moreover, one of the directors of the company must be resident in India, that is, he must have stayed in India for a period of not less than 180 days in the previous calendar year.the number of directors should not be less than minimum i.e., 2 directors in case of private company and 3 directors in case of public company