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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

18387 individuals are on the boards of 2999 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18387 individuals occupy a total of 23723 directorship positions in 2999 companies listed at NSE and 825 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18387 individuals:
    • 15101 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8291 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3867 are women (21.03%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5312 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2940 NSE-listed companies.
    • 312 individuals holding 375 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 225 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 542 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 833 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2999  companies, 1116 (37.21%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 419 (37.54%) 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.VIDIT SANDEEP BAJORIA) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 18 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1562 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1562 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2111 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 920.50%1819
26 – 35 10895.92%488580
36 – 45 254513.84%10421193
46 – 60 627134.11%22472804
61 – 69 420722.88%25613665
70 – 80 243213.23%14471978
81 – 90 3081.68%110128
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14257.75%711723
TOTAL 18387100.00% 862911095

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13759 (61.98%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8846 (39.85%) more than 6 years; 5980 (26.94%) more than 9 years and 4545 (20.47%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2420 10.90
>1 - <3 YEARS 6021 27.12
>3 - <6 YEARS 4913 22.13
>6 - <9 YEARS 2866 12.91
>9 - <12 YEARS 1435 6.46
> 12 YEARS 4545 20.47
TOTAL 22200 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.39% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.49% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.12% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5505 (29.94%) are Management Graduates (of which 818 are IIM graduates).
  • 2099 (11.42%) are Chartered Accountants, 791 (4.30%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1628 (8.85%) are Lawyers.
  • 272 (1.48%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3980 (21.65%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 10135.51% 13556.10%
POST GRADUATES 999454.35% 1272457.29%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184810.05% 21589.72%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413222.47% 455120.49%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.57% 1140.51%
SCHOOLING 3852.09% 3931.77%
NOT KNOWN 9104.95% 9164.12%
TOTAL 18387 100.00% 22211100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23723 directorship positions on these 3824 companies, giving an average of 6.20 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<586622.65
5 – 10272071.13
11 – 152275.94
>15110.29
TOTAL3824100.00

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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