How to Get Date of Birth from DIN Number

Short Answer

You cannot derive a person's date of birth from a Director Identification Number (DIN). The DIN is an allotment identifier issued by the Central Government under Section 153 of the Companies Act, 2013; nothing in the Act encodes personal data such as a date of birth into the number, and the Act provides no mechanism to convert a DIN into a date of birth. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 153) [1]

The date of birth is collected and held as part of a director's records — in the application for the DIN and in the register a company must keep at its registered office under Section 170, whose prescribed particulars expressly include date of birth. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 170; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e)) [2]

What a DIN Actually Is

Under Section 153, every individual intending to be appointed as a director of a company must apply to the Central Government for allotment of a DIN, in the form and manner prescribed and with the prescribed fee. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 153) [3]

A person who intends to be appointed director of an existing company applies electronically in Form DIR-3, attaching the board resolution proposing the appointment. The applicant must sign and submit the form using his or her own Digital Signature Certificate, and it must be verified digitally by a company secretary in full-time employment of the company, or by the managing director, a director, the CEO or the CFO of the company in which the applicant is to be appointed. Proposed directors of a new company (a maximum of three) are allotted a DIN through Form INC-32 (SPICe) instead. (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9(1) and proviso, Rule 9(3)(a)(iiia), Rule 9(3)(b)) [4]

On submission of Form DIR-3 and payment of the fee, the system automatically generates an application number, and the Central Government decides the application and communicates the allotted DIN within one month from receipt. (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 10(1) and (2)) [5]

Section 155 prohibits an individual who has already been allotted a DIN from applying for, obtaining or possessing another one — so a director's DIN is a single, permanent identifier across all companies. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 155; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9) [6]

The Act does not specify the number of digits in a DIN, nor does it set out any internal structure for the number.

The exact digit format of a DIN is set by the Central Government's allotment system; check the MCA portal for the current format.

Where a Director's Date of Birth Is Actually Held

Rule 17(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 requires every company to keep, at its registered office, a register of its directors and key managerial personnel containing an enumerated list of particulars — and clause (e) is "date of birth". (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e)) [7]

Every company must keep that register at its registered office, with the other particulars prescribed by Rule 17 — including the DIN, present and former names, parent and spouse names, residential address, nationality, occupation, the dates of appointment and cessation, and the PAN. (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)) [8]

That register is open to inspection by members during business hours, who may take extracts and be provided copies free of cost within thirty days, and it must also be kept open for inspection at every annual general meeting for any person attending. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 171(1); Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17) [9]

So the date of birth sits in two places: the Section 170 register at the company's registered office, and the DIN application record made under Rule 9 of the Directors Rules. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 170; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9) [10]

How the DIN Moves Through Company Records

Once a DIN is allotted, the director must intimate it to the company, or to every company in which he or she is a director, within one month of receiving it from the Central Government. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 156) [11]

The company must then furnish the DIN of all its directors to the Registrar within fifteen days of receiving that intimation, in the prescribed form and manner. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 157) [12]

Section 158 requires any person or company, while furnishing a return, information or particulars under the Act, to mention the DIN wherever the return or particulars relate to, or contain a reference to, a director. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 158) [13]

A director whose particulars change must intimate the change, and returns of appointment or change of directors and key managerial personnel are filed with the Registrar in the prescribed form within thirty days. (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 12; Rule 18) [14]

Can You Look Up a Director's Date of Birth Online?

The Companies Act, 2013 provides for the registers and filings described above, but it does not create a public right to a director's date of birth, and it does not describe any online search service that returns one. (Companies Act, 2013, Sections 153 to 158; Section 171) [15]

Public access to corporate filings generally runs through Section 399, which lets any person inspect, by electronic means, documents kept by the Registrar on payment of the prescribed fee — but that right attaches to documents kept by the Registrar, not to every personal field displayed in a portal. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 399; Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, Rule 15) [16]

What a registered MCA21 account or the public portal search displays is set by the MCA portal; check the MCA portal directly rather than assuming a layout.

Practical Routes to a Director's Date of Birth

• Company records — the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17 register at the company's registered office, whose clause (e) is the date of birth, inspectable by members under the Companies Act, 2013, Section 171(1)(a) and at the AGM under Section 171(1)(b). [17]
• Filings with the Registrar — returns under the Act must state the DIN where they relate to a director, and documents kept by the Registrar are inspectable under Section 399. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 158; Section 399) [18]
• The director's own application record — the application made under Section 153 is filed under Rule 9 of the Directors Rules, in Form DIR-3 (or, for up to three proposed directors of a new company, in Form INC-32 (SPICe)), and is the original source of the DIN and the personal particulars furnished with it. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 153; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9(1) and proviso) [19]

DIN holders must also file KYC in Form DIR-3 KYC Web. Every individual who holds a DIN as on 31 March of a financial year must file it by 30 June following every third consecutive financial year (not every year), and must file it again within thirty days of any change in his or her personal mobile number, email address or residential address. If the KYC particulars are not filed as Rule 12A requires, the DIN is deactivated, and a filing after the due date or for re-activation of the DIN attracts a fee of Rs 5,000. (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 12A(1) and (2), as substituted by G.S.R. 943(E) dated 31 December 2025 w.e.f. 31 March 2026; Rule 11(2); Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, Annexure item VII, as substituted by G.S.R. 300(E) dated 21 April 2026) [20]

FAQ

Q1: Does the DIN number contain the holder's date of birth?

No. The Companies Act, 2013 treats the DIN purely as an identification number allotted on application under Section 153, and the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 prescribe the application and allotment process without encoding personal data into the number. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 153; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9) [21]

Q2: Where is a director's date of birth recorded?

In the company's register of directors and key managerial personnel: Rule 17(1)(e) of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 lists "date of birth" among the particulars the register must contain. (Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e)) [22]

Q3: Can a member inspect the register that holds the date of birth?

Yes. Section 171(1) makes the register kept under Section 170(1) open to inspection by members during business hours, with extracts and copies free of cost within thirty days, and it must also be available at every annual general meeting. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 171(1)) [23]

Q4: How many DINs can one person hold?

Only one. Under Section 155, a person who has already been allotted a DIN may not apply for, obtain or possess another. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 155) [24]

Q5: What must the company do once the director intimates the DIN?

Under Section 157, the company must furnish the DIN of all its directors to the Registrar within fifteen days of receiving the intimation, in the prescribed form and manner. (Companies Act, 2013, Section 157) [25]

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Internal links: See makeitlegit.in/start for entity selection guidance, and makeitlegit.in/tools/director-check for tools that work with director records.

Primary source: Companies Act, 2013 — Sections 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 170, 171 and 399; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 — Rules 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 17 and 18 (Companies Act, 2013, Sections 153 to 158, 170, 171 and 399; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rules 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 17 and 18).

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Sources

• Companies Act, 2013, Section 153 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 170 — Register of directors and key managerial personnel and their shareholding; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e) — Register of directors and key managerial personnel: date of birth
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 153 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number before appointment in an existing company (as amended by G.S.R. 51(E), w.e.f. 26 January 2018)
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 10 — Allotment of DIN (as amended by G.S.R. 671(E), w.e.f. 18 September 2014)
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 155 — Prohibition to obtain more than one Director Identification Number; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e) — Register of directors and key managerial personnel: date of birth
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1) — Register of directors and key managerial personnel
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 171(1) — Members' right to inspect; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17 — Register of directors and key managerial personnel
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 170 — Register of directors and key managerial personnel; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 156 — Director to intimate Director Identification Number
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 157 — Company to inform Director Identification Number to Registrar
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 158 — Obligation to indicate Director Identification Number
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 12 — Intimation of changes in particulars specified in DIN application; Rule 18 — Return containing the particulars of directors and the key managerial personnel
• Companies Act, 2013, Sections 153 to 158 — Director Identification Number provisions; Section 171 — Members' right to inspect
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 399 — Inspection, production and evidence of documents kept by Registrar; Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, Rule 15 — Inspection of documents
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e) — Register of directors and key managerial personnel: date of birth; Companies Act, 2013, Section 171 — Members' right to inspect
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 158 — Obligation to indicate Director Identification Number; Section 399 — Inspection of documents kept by the Registrar
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 153 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 12A — Directors KYC and updation thereof (as substituted by G.S.R. 943(E) dated 31 December 2025, w.e.f. 31 March 2026); Rule 11(2) — Deactivation of DIN; Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, Annexure item VII (as substituted by G.S.R. 300(E) dated 21 April 2026) — Fee for Form No. DIR-3 KYC Web
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 153 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number; Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 9 — Application for allotment of Director Identification Number
• Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, Rule 17(1)(e) — Register of directors and key managerial personnel: date of birth
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 171(1) — Members' right to inspect
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 155 — Prohibition to obtain more than one Director Identification Number
• Companies Act, 2013, Section 157 — Company to inform Director Identification Number to Registrar

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