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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

17249 individuals are on the boards of 2796 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17249 individuals occupy a total of 21697 directorship positions in 2796 companies listed at NSE and 487 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17249 individuals:
    • 14473 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7831 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3585 are women (20.78%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4749 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2745 NSE-listed companies.
    • 283 individuals holding 346 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 176 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 805 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2796  companies, 1044 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 389 (37.26%) 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.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1448 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1448 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1953 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 660.38%1212
26 – 35 10506.09%482569
36 – 45 231513.42%9381072
46 – 60 602234.91%22462787
61 – 69 401823.29%24523481
70 – 80 223212.94%13341821
81 – 90 2841.65%107125
> 90 250.14%77
NOT KNOWN 12377.17%590595
TOTAL 17249100.00% 816810469

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12603 (60.48%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8218 (39.44%) more than 6 years; 5493 (26.36%) more than 9 years and 4214 (20.22%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2437 11.69
>1 - <3 YEARS 5799 27.83
>3 - <6 YEARS 4385 21.04
>6 - <9 YEARS 2725 13.08
>9 - <12 YEARS 1279 6.14
> 12 YEARS 4214 20.22
TOTAL 20839 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.09% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.73% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.18% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5132 (29.75%) are Management Graduates (of which 787 are IIM graduates).
  • 1977 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 708 (4.10%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1524 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
  • 260 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3662 (21.23%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9555.54% 12646.07%
POST GRADUATES 912152.88% 1167556.02%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
179010.38% 208610.01%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
408023.65% 449021.55%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.58% 1080.52%
SCHOOLING 3371.95% 3441.65%
NOT KNOWN 8665.02% 8724.18%
TOTAL 17249 100.00% 20839100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21697 directorship positions on these 3283 companies, giving an average of 6.61 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<554116.48
5 – 10249175.88
11 – 152397.28
>15120.37
TOTAL3283100.00

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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