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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

18265 individuals are on the boards of 2983 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18265 individuals occupy a total of 23593 directorship positions in 2983 companies listed at NSE and 821 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18265 individuals:
    • 14975 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8242 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3835 are women (21.00%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5282 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2920 NSE-listed companies.
    • 315 individuals holding 379 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 223 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 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 2983  companies, 1105 (37.04%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 411 (37.19%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 18 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1558 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1558 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2100 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 930.51%1819
26 – 35 10865.95%487577
36 – 45 251313.76%10281179
46 – 60 623634.14%22442804
61 – 69 417822.87%25353644
70 – 80 241213.21%14391963
81 – 90 3111.70%114132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14187.76%711724
TOTAL 18265100.00% 858111047

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13646 (61.81%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8785 (39.79%) more than 6 years; 5952 (26.96%) more than 9 years and 4514 (20.45%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2371 10.74
>1 - <3 YEARS 6060 27.45
>3 - <6 YEARS 4861 22.02
>6 - <9 YEARS 2833 12.83
>9 - <12 YEARS 1438 6.51
> 12 YEARS 4514 20.45
TOTAL 22077 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.59% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.57% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.84% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5502 (30.12%) are Management Graduates (of which 820 are IIM graduates).
  • 2089 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 786 (4.30%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1630 (8.92%) are Lawyers.
  • 273 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3969 (21.73%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 10055.50% 13456.09%
POST GRADUATES 997354.60% 1270157.50%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184810.12% 21589.77%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
411422.52% 453520.53%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.57% 1140.52%
SCHOOLING 3792.08% 3871.75%
NOT KNOWN 8414.60% 8483.84%
TOTAL 18265 100.00% 22088100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23593 directorship positions on these 3804 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  % 
<586122.63
5 – 10271171.27
11 – 152215.81
>15110.29
TOTAL3804100.00

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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