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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

17223 individuals are on the boards of 2792 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17223 individuals occupy a total of 21683 directorship positions in 2792 companies listed at NSE and 483 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17223 individuals:
    • 14448 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7810 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3572 are women (20.74%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4740 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2741 NSE-listed companies.
    • 284 individuals holding 347 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.
    • 543 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 815 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2792  companies, 1055 (37.79%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 392 (37.16%) 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 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1430 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1430 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1935 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 670.39%1212
26 – 35 10586.14%487571
36 – 45 230713.39%9361072
46 – 60 604135.08%22392780
61 – 69 404323.47%24703500
70 – 80 221012.83%13181805
81 – 90 2811.63%106124
> 90 260.15%66
NOT KNOWN 11906.91%576581
TOTAL 17223100.00% 815010451

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12563 (60.29%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8205 (39.38%) more than 6 years; 5475 (26.28%) more than 9 years and 4198 (20.15%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2450 11.76
>1 - <3 YEARS 5823 27.95
>3 - <6 YEARS 4358 20.92
>6 - <9 YEARS 2730 13.10
>9 - <12 YEARS 1277 6.13
> 12 YEARS 4198 20.15
TOTAL 20836 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.10% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.79% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.11% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5129 (29.78%) are Management Graduates (of which 787 are IIM graduates).
  • 1970 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 700 (4.06%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1526 (8.86%) are Lawyers.
  • 254 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3657 (21.23%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9525.53% 12636.06%
POST GRADUATES 911152.90% 1167756.04%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
178810.38% 209010.03%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
408623.72% 449921.59%
UNDERGRADUATES 990.57% 1070.51%
SCHOOLING 3361.95% 3431.65%
NOT KNOWN 8514.94% 8574.11%
TOTAL 17223 100.00% 20836100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21683 directorship positions on these 3275 companies, giving an average of 6.62 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<554216.55
5 – 10248275.79
11 – 152397.30
>15120.37
TOTAL3275100.00

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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