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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

17789 individuals are on the boards of 2900 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17789 individuals occupy a total of 22881 directorship positions in 2901 companies listed at NSE and 758 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17789 individuals:
    • 14630 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8003 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3720 are women (20.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5092 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2834 NSE-listed companies.
    • 310 individuals holding 371 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 211 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 816 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2900  companies, 1086 (37.45%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 408 (37.57%) 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 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1518 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1518 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 810.46%1617
26 – 35 10545.93%471558
36 – 45 240113.50%9751118
46 – 60 602033.84%21512690
61 – 69 407922.93%24653536
70 – 80 236813.31%14001904
81 – 90 3041.71%113132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14648.23%726737
TOTAL 17789100.00% 832210697

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13251 (61.75%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8498 (39.60%) more than 6 years; 5737 (26.73%) more than 9 years and 4373 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2346 10.93
>1 - <3 YEARS 5863 27.32
>3 - <6 YEARS 4753 22.15
>6 - <9 YEARS 2761 12.87
>9 - <12 YEARS 1364 6.36
> 12 YEARS 4373 20.38
TOTAL 21460 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.64% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.64% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.72% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5360 (30.13%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
  • 2041 (11.47%) are Chartered Accountants, 759 (4.27%) are Company Secretaries and 221 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1578 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
  • 267 (1.50%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3830 (21.53%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9765.49% 12946.02%
POST GRADUATES 970754.57% 1237557.62%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180210.13% 20949.75%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
404222.72% 443020.63%
UNDERGRADUATES 1040.58% 1120.52%
SCHOOLING 3682.07% 3751.75%
NOT KNOWN 7904.44% 7983.72%
TOTAL 17789 100.00% 21478100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22881 directorship positions on these 3659 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  % 
<580822.08
5 – 10262271.66
11 – 152185.96
>15110.30
TOTAL3659100.00

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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