Directorship (DIN) Lookup

Business & KYB

Resolve a person's directorships and DIN status from the corporate registry.

Start from a PAN or DIN and discover the person's Director Identification Number status and every company they are on the board of. The fastest way to surface conflicts of interest, disqualified directors and undisclosed emver ties.

Endpoint

POST https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/mca-directorship-lookup

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Content-Type: application/json

Accept: application/json

Request parameters

Field	Type	Description
`p_a_n_number` required	string	PAN number
`full_name` optional	string	Full name
`date_of_birth` optional	string	Date of birth
`d_i_n` optional	string	DIN

Example request

cURL

curl -X POST https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/mca-directorship-lookup \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "p_a_n_number": "string",
    "full_name": "string",
    "date_of_birth": "string",
    "d_i_n": "string"
}'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/mca-directorship-lookup",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    json={
        "p_a_n_number": "string",
        "full_name": "string",
        "date_of_birth": "string",
        "d_i_n": "string"
    },
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

const response = await fetch("https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/mca-directorship-lookup", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "p_a_n_number": "string",
      "full_name": "string",
      "date_of_birth": "string",
      "d_i_n": "string"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();

$response = Http::withToken('YOUR_API_KEY')
    ->acceptJson()
    ->post('https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/mca-directorship-lookup', {
        "p_a_n_number": "string",
        "full_name": "string",
        "date_of_birth": "string",
        "d_i_n": "string"
    });

$data = $response->json();

Replace YOUR_API_KEY and the placeholder values. Use the switch above to see production URLs.

Response

Structure · 200

{
  "status": INTEGER,
  "message": STRING,
  "data": {
    "d_i_n_status": STRING,
    "registered_name": STRING,
    "list_of_companies_with_directorship_role": STRING
  }
}

Example · 200

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "string",
  "data": {
    "d_i_n_status": "string",
    "registered_name": "string",
    "list_of_companies_with_directorship_role": "string"
  }
}

Error · 4xx / 5xx

{
  "status": INTEGER,
  "message": STRING
}

See Errors & status codes for what each status means and which calls are billed.

About this API

Directors carry legal responsibility for the companies they serve, and their history follows them. The Directorship Lookup API maps a person to their DIN and lists current and past directorships, so you can see whether a vendor's promoter also sits on a competitor's board, whether a hire has undisclosed businesses, or whether a DIN has been deactivated or disqualified.

It is central to ultimate beneficial owner (UBO) work, senior-hire due diligence and any PMLA-driven KYC where the people behind an entity matter as much as the entity itself.

Typical uses

Senior and executive hiring. Detect moonlighting, conflicts of interest and undisclosed businesses.
Vendor and partner KYB. Verify promoters and directors behind a counterparty.
Corporate lending KYC. Identify directors and beneficial owners for regulatory files.
Investigations and audits. Trace related-party relationships through shared directorships.

Questions

Do I need the DIN to run this?: No. A PAN is enough to resolve the DIN. If you already hold the DIN, sending it makes the lookup exact.
Does it show past directorships?: Yes. The response lists companies with the person's role, including ceased positions where the registry records them.
How does this fit an employee background check?: emver's workflows can run it automatically for designated roles, and the result appears in the case report next to emver and identity checks.