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SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES

(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
Status as on

17710 individuals are on the boards of 2895 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17710 individuals occupy a total of 22815 directorship positions in 2895 companies listed at NSE and 776 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17710 individuals:
    • 14541 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7965 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3713 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5094 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2827 NSE-listed companies.
    • 302 individuals holding 362 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 213 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 814 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2895  companies, 1082 (37.37%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 405 (37.43%) 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 20 years (MR.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1529 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1529 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2054 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 830.47%1718
26 – 35 10605.99%477565
36 – 45 239113.50%9691109
46 – 60 598833.81%21512690
61 – 69 407923.03%24623532
70 – 80 237913.43%14101916
81 – 90 3051.72%114133
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14077.94%676687
TOTAL 17710100.00% 828110655

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13138 (61.42%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8472 (39.61%) more than 6 years; 5722 (26.75%) more than 9 years and 4360 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2365 11.06
>1 - <3 YEARS 5888 27.53
>3 - <6 YEARS 4666 21.81
>6 - <9 YEARS 2750 12.86
>9 - <12 YEARS 1362 6.37
> 12 YEARS 4360 20.38
TOTAL 21391 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.89% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.73% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.38% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5356 (30.24%) are Management Graduates (of which 812 are IIM graduates).
  • 2044 (11.54%) are Chartered Accountants, 759 (4.29%) are Company Secretaries and 226 (1.28%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1581 (8.93%) are Lawyers.
  • 268 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3826 (21.60%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9785.52% 12976.06%
POST GRADUATES 970754.81% 1237057.83%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180610.20% 20979.80%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
403022.76% 441520.64%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3702.09% 3771.76%
NOT KNOWN 7144.03% 7223.38%
TOTAL 17710 100.00% 21391100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22815 directorship positions on these 3671 companies, giving an average of 6.21 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<582522.47
5 – 10261871.32
11 – 152165.88
>15120.33
TOTAL3671100.00

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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