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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

17702 individuals are on the boards of 2892 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17702 individuals occupy a total of 22767 directorship positions in 2892 companies listed at NSE and 750 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17702 individuals:
    • 14552 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7965 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3709 are women (20.95%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5073 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2823 NSE-listed companies.
    • 302 individuals holding 363 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 205 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 534 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 808 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2892  companies, 1080 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 403 (37.31%) 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.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1526 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1526 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2050 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 850.48%1718
26 – 35 10605.99%478565
36 – 45 238413.47%9681109
46 – 60 598333.80%21542698
61 – 69 408823.09%24663529
70 – 80 237413.41%14091914
81 – 90 3031.71%112131
> 90 170.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14087.95%674684
TOTAL 17702100.00% 828310653

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13100 (61.27%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8462 (39.58%) more than 6 years; 5709 (26.70%) more than 9 years and 4349 (20.34%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2393 11.19
>1 - <3 YEARS 5889 27.54
>3 - <6 YEARS 4638 21.69
>6 - <9 YEARS 2753 12.88
>9 - <12 YEARS 1360 6.36
> 12 YEARS 4349 20.34
TOTAL 21382 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.84% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.77% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.39% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5347 (30.21%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
  • 2045 (11.55%) are Chartered Accountants, 758 (4.28%) are Company Secretaries and 226 (1.28%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1576 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
  • 269 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3821 (21.59%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9785.52% 12966.06%
POST GRADUATES 969454.76% 1235557.78%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180410.19% 20979.81%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
403322.78% 441820.66%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3712.10% 3781.77%
NOT KNOWN 7174.05% 7253.39%
TOTAL 17702 100.00% 21382100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22767 directorship positions on these 3642 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  % 
<579921.94
5 – 10261871.88
11 – 152135.85
>15120.33
TOTAL3642100.00

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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