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SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES

(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
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17016 individuals are on the boards of 2752 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17016 individuals occupy a total of 21374 directorship positions in 2752 companies listed at NSE and 472 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17016 individuals:
    • 14299 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7735 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3519 are women (20.68%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4658 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2700 NSE-listed companies.
    • 281 individuals holding 341 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 162 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 538 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 796 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2752  companies, 1032 (37.5%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 385 (37.31%) companies have Promoter-Directors as Non-Executive Chairman.

Distribution Summary by Age of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • The average age of Directors is 56 years.
  • The youngest director is aged 21 years (MR.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1411 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1411 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1908 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
Age No. of Individuals % No. of Individuals
who are
Independent
Directors
No. of ID
Positions Held
25 & BELOW 770.45%1515
26 – 35 10746.31%501579
36 – 45 225113.23%9071045
46 – 60 600135.27%22222758
61 – 69 402323.64%24683466
70 – 80 218512.84%13021783
81 – 90 2761.62%103119
> 90 240.14%66
NOT KNOWN 11056.49%540543
TOTAL 17016100.00% 806410314

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12386 (60.26%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8094 (39.38%) more than 6 years; 5414 (26.34%) more than 9 years and 4153 (20.20%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2447 11.90
>1 - <3 YEARS 5722 27.84
>3 - <6 YEARS 4292 20.88
>6 - <9 YEARS 2680 13.04
>9 - <12 YEARS 1261 6.13
> 12 YEARS 4153 20.20
TOTAL 20555 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.99% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.89% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.12% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5054 (29.70%) are Management Graduates (of which 772 are IIM graduates).
  • 1935 (11.37%) are Chartered Accountants, 690 (4.06%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1519 (8.93%) are Lawyers.
  • 246 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3607 (21.20%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9405.52% 12536.10%
POST GRADUATES 898852.82% 1148955.89%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
177010.40% 206710.06%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
404823.79% 445521.67%
UNDERGRADUATES 1020.60% 1100.54%
SCHOOLING 3261.92% 3341.62%
NOT KNOWN 8424.95% 8474.12%
TOTAL 17016 100.00% 20555100.00%

Distribution Summary by Number of Directors in companies listed on NSE & BSE

  • There are a total of 21374 directorship positions on these 3224 companies, giving an average of 6.63 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<552616.32
5 – 10243975.65
11 – 152477.66
>15120.37
TOTAL3224100.00

Note:

  • Data for a company prior to its listing on NSE is not available.

  • Data for Companies exclusively listed on BSE with market capitalization more than Rs. 1000 crore is available from 1st April 2019 onwards.

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