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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

17473 individuals are on the boards of 2857 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17473 individuals occupy a total of 22516 directorship positions in 2857 companies listed at NSE and 744 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17473 individuals:
    • 14354 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7868 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3656 are women (20.92%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5012 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2785 NSE-listed companies.
    • 290 individuals holding 353 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.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 825 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2857  companies, 1072 (37.52%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 405 (37.78%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1514 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1514 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2041 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 800.46%1515
26 – 35 10686.11%484569
36 – 45 237913.62%9711115
46 – 60 599034.28%21662706
61 – 69 401722.99%24263469
70 – 80 234013.39%14021911
81 – 90 2891.65%106124
> 90 210.12%66
NOT KNOWN 12897.38%623632
TOTAL 17473100.00% 819910547

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12903 (61.04%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8385 (39.67%) more than 6 years; 5660 (26.78%) more than 9 years and 4297 (20.33%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2411 11.41
>1 - <3 YEARS 5823 27.55
>3 - <6 YEARS 4518 21.37
>6 - <9 YEARS 2725 12.89
>9 - <12 YEARS 1363 6.45
> 12 YEARS 4297 20.33
TOTAL 21137 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.50% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.93% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.57% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5248 (30.03%) are Management Graduates (of which 810 are IIM graduates).
  • 2005 (11.47%) are Chartered Accountants, 736 (4.21%) are Company Secretaries and 219 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1549 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
  • 265 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3749 (21.46%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9555.47% 12736.02%
POST GRADUATES 932853.39% 1193856.48%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
182910.47% 212710.06%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
414423.72% 455921.57%
UNDERGRADUATES 1060.61% 1140.54%
SCHOOLING 3662.09% 3721.76%
NOT KNOWN 7454.26% 7543.57%
TOTAL 17473 100.00% 21137100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22516 directorship positions on these 3601 companies, giving an average of 6.25 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<579722.13
5 – 10256871.31
11 – 152236.19
>15130.36
TOTAL3601100.00

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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