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SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES

(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
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17322 individuals are on the boards of 2806 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17322 individuals occupy a total of 21761 directorship positions in 2806 companies listed at NSE and 474 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17322 individuals:
    • 14545 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7868 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3601 are women (20.79%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4765 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2755 NSE-listed companies.
    • 282 individuals holding 345 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 175 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 807 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2806  companies, 1051 (37.46%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 391 (37.20%) 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 1455 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1455 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1964 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 10486.05%480568
36 – 45 230613.31%9371071
46 – 60 602034.75%22362778
61 – 69 402023.21%24523479
70 – 80 223612.91%13401832
81 – 90 2901.67%109126
> 90 240.14%66
NOT KNOWN 13127.57%630635
TOTAL 17322100.00% 820210507

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12623 (60.33%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8261 (39.48%) more than 6 years; 5523 (26.40%) more than 9 years and 4231 (20.22%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2452 11.72
>1 - <3 YEARS 5847 27.95
>3 - <6 YEARS 4362 20.85
>6 - <9 YEARS 2738 13.09
>9 - <12 YEARS 1292 6.18
> 12 YEARS 4231 20.22
TOTAL 20922 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.97% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.60% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.43% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5138 (29.66%) are Management Graduates (of which 791 are IIM graduates).
  • 1980 (11.43%) are Chartered Accountants, 712 (4.11%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1531 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
  • 263 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3675 (21.22%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9595.54% 12706.07%
POST GRADUATES 913252.72% 1169555.90%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180010.39% 209610.02%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
407623.53% 448421.43%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.58% 1080.52%
SCHOOLING 3361.94% 3431.64%
NOT KNOWN 9195.31% 9264.43%
TOTAL 17322 100.00% 20922100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21761 directorship positions on these 3280 companies, giving an average of 6.63 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<553416.28
5 – 10249676.10
11 – 152377.23
>15130.40
TOTAL3280100.00

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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