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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

17935 individuals are on the boards of 2916 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17935 individuals occupy a total of 23089 directorship positions in 2916 companies listed at NSE and 783 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17935 individuals:
    • 14748 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8085 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3761 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5158 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2855 NSE-listed companies.
    • 309 individuals holding 370 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 216 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 824 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2916  companies, 1090 (37.38%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.52%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 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 810.45%1718
26 – 35 10565.89%469556
36 – 45 241213.45%9761124
46 – 60 606633.82%21602704
61 – 69 410122.87%24773558
70 – 80 237013.21%14071912
81 – 90 3081.72%114133
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15238.49%777792
TOTAL 17935100.00% 840210802

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13320 (61.57%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8550 (39.52%) more than 6 years; 5776 (26.70%) more than 9 years and 4408 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2425 11.21
>1 - <3 YEARS 5889 27.22
>3 - <6 YEARS 4770 22.05
>6 - <9 YEARS 2774 12.82
>9 - <12 YEARS 1368 6.32
> 12 YEARS 4408 20.38
TOTAL 21634 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.83% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.60% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.57% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5403 (30.13%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
  • 2068 (11.53%) are Chartered Accountants, 769 (4.29%) are Company Secretaries and 220 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1604 (8.94%) are Lawyers.
  • 267 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3867 (21.56%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9895.51% 13126.06%
POST GRADUATES 984754.90% 1250857.77%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
181710.13% 21159.77%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
404422.55% 445220.56%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.52%
SCHOOLING 3702.06% 3781.75%
NOT KNOWN 7634.25% 7723.57%
TOTAL 17935 100.00% 21650100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23089 directorship positions on these 3699 companies, giving an average of 6.24 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<582222.22
5 – 10264571.51
11 – 152215.97
>15110.30
TOTAL3699100.00

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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