INTRODUCTION-Independent directors play an important role in the organization. Here is the definition of independent director "An independent director is a director of the board of directors who does not have a material or pecuniary relationship with the company or a related person, they expect compensation for sessions", this definition gives the clear idea that who is an independent director. Independent directors also play an important role in corporate governance, an independent director is said to be the trustee of corporate governance. An active and inclusive board of directors, composed of experts and a sincere independent director who plays a crucial role in developing trust between the company and shareholders and acts as an advocate for corporate governance. Indian companies attach more importance to obtaining funds from investors from other countries and using global money market and authentication of independent directors will become very important. An extremely capable and competent independent director plays a crucial role in the development of companies. Indian companies, which had employed such directors on their boards, gained enormously from their leadership and inputs. In this essay I talked about the roles and responsibilities of the independent director, why the presence of the independent director is important in the boards of directors, examples of companies that requested independent directors, failure of the independent director and then followed by the conclusion. ROLE OF AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR-The independent director has to perform many roles in the organization. An independent director oversees the company's financial reporting process and publishes the organization's financial reports, reviews periodic financial records, reviews...... half of the document... importance in corporate governance. The roles and responsibility of independent directors show how they carry out their work within the organization and the presence of independent directors in the board of directors is very important in the organization and, giving the example of the absence of an independent director in Kingfisher airline, says that they do not have adequate number of independent directors because their financial crisis and the example of HCL Infosys shows the need for an independent director because they have appointed new IDs in the organization. Despite having this function, it is believed that independent directors have ceased to exist. Therefore I have come to the conclusion that independent directors play a crucial role and if they have a good chance to demonstrate their capabilities, then they will enter a phase where every company will need independent directors on their boards..