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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

17457 individuals are on the boards of 2837 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17457 individuals occupy a total of 22518 directorship positions in 2837 companies listed at NSE and 760 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17457 individuals:
    • 14328 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7922 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3636 are women (20.83%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4989 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2784 NSE-listed companies.
    • 292 individuals holding 357 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 217 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 543 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 825 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2837  companies, 1068 (37.65%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 398 (37.27%) 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.ADITYA SAURABH GADGIL) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 13 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1477 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1477 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1995 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 750.43%1313
26 – 35 10916.25%499590
36 – 45 238113.64%9701113
46 – 60 611135.01%22672813
61 – 69 406223.27%24663507
70 – 80 228013.06%13671868
81 – 90 2851.63%104121
> 90 220.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11506.59%561564
TOTAL 17457100.00% 825310595

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12760 (60.45%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8335 (39.48%) more than 6 years; 5576 (26.41%) more than 9 years and 4251 (20.14%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2476 11.73
>1 - <3 YEARS 5874 27.83
>3 - <6 YEARS 4425 20.96
>6 - <9 YEARS 2759 13.07
>9 - <12 YEARS 1325 6.28
> 12 YEARS 4251 20.14
TOTAL 21110 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.60% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.02% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.38% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5225 (29.93%) are Management Graduates (of which 798 are IIM graduates).
  • 2008 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 732 (4.19%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1571 (9.00%) are Lawyers.
  • 280 (1.60%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3750 (21.48%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9715.56% 12896.11%
POST GRADUATES 932753.43% 1192456.49%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184510.57% 214510.16%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
414223.73% 455821.59%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.60% 1130.54%
SCHOOLING 3622.07% 3681.74%
NOT KNOWN 7054.04% 7133.38%
TOTAL 17457 100.00% 21110100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22518 directorship positions on these 3597 companies, giving an average of 6.26 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<580422.35
5 – 10254070.61
11 – 152406.67
>15130.36
TOTAL3597100.00

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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