DIN - Director Identification Number
Director Identification Number
What is DIN ?
DIN is denoted as Director Identification Number. It is allotted by the Central Government to any person intending to be a Director or an Existing Director of a Company.
Director
Identification Number is an 8-digit unique identification number which has a
lifetime validity and the details of the DIN are maintained in a database.
It is specific to
a person, which means even if he or she is a director in more than one company,
he or she has to obtain only one DIN. In case if he or she leaves a company and
joins some other Company, the same DIN would work in the other company as well.
Where to use DIN ?
When the Director
signs any documents, return, application of the Company in which he or she is a
Director need to mention his or her DIN underneath his or her signature.
How to get DIN ?
One can get the
DIN at the time of Incorporation through Spice plus form or through Form DIR-3