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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

17454 individuals are on the boards of 2838 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17454 individuals occupy a total of 22514 directorship positions in 2838 companies listed at NSE and 760 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17454 individuals:
    • 14326 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7916 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3639 are women (20.85%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4991 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2783 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.
    • 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 822 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2838  companies, 1068 (37.63%) 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 1476 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1476 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 10896.24%497588
36 – 45 238013.64%9691111
46 – 60 610034.95%22622808
61 – 69 406123.27%24643505
70 – 80 227913.06%13661868
81 – 90 2851.63%104121
> 90 220.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11636.66%566569
TOTAL 17454100.00% 824710589

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12766 (60.48%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8345 (39.54%) more than 6 years; 5582 (26.45%) more than 9 years and 4255 (20.16%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2471 11.71
>1 - <3 YEARS 5870 27.81
>3 - <6 YEARS 4421 20.95
>6 - <9 YEARS 2763 13.09
>9 - <12 YEARS 1327 6.29
> 12 YEARS 4255 20.16
TOTAL 21107 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.54% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.01% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.45% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5219 (29.90%) are Management Graduates (of which 798 are IIM graduates).
  • 2004 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 730 (4.18%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1570 (9.00%) are Lawyers.
  • 280 (1.60%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3745 (21.46%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9715.56% 12896.11%
POST GRADUATES 931453.36% 1191156.43%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184310.56% 214410.16%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413823.71% 455321.57%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.60% 1130.54%
SCHOOLING 3622.07% 3681.74%
NOT KNOWN 7214.13% 7293.45%
TOTAL 17454 100.00% 21107100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22514 directorship positions on these 3598 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  % 
<580722.43
5 – 10253970.57
11 – 152396.64
>15130.36
TOTAL3598100.00

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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