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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

17429 individuals are on the boards of 2848 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17429 individuals occupy a total of 22458 directorship positions in 2848 companies listed at NSE and 749 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17429 individuals:
    • 14322 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7867 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3644 are women (20.91%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4988 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2777 NSE-listed companies.
    • 293 individuals holding 357 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 214 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 544 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 827 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2848  companies, 1068 (37.5%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 399 (37.36%) 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). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1504 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1504 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2027 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 800.46%1515
26 – 35 10856.23%496582
36 – 45 238013.66%9691106
46 – 60 606034.77%22092748
61 – 69 403323.14%24463488
70 – 80 231813.30%13901895
81 – 90 2921.68%108126
> 90 220.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11596.65%557563
TOTAL 17429100.00% 819610529

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12829 (60.87%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8394 (39.83%) more than 6 years; 5616 (26.65%) more than 9 years and 4283 (20.32%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2386 11.32
>1 - <3 YEARS 5860 27.81
>3 - <6 YEARS 4435 21.04
>6 - <9 YEARS 2778 13.18
>9 - <12 YEARS 1333 6.33
> 12 YEARS 4283 20.32
TOTAL 21075 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.60% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.09% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.31% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5238 (30.05%) are Management Graduates (of which 804 are IIM graduates).
  • 2006 (11.51%) are Chartered Accountants, 732 (4.20%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1557 (8.93%) are Lawyers.
  • 273 (1.57%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3750 (21.52%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9675.55% 12816.08%
POST GRADUATES 931753.46% 1191256.52%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183910.55% 213610.14%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
414323.77% 456021.64%
UNDERGRADUATES 1060.61% 1140.54%
SCHOOLING 3682.11% 3741.77%
NOT KNOWN 6893.95% 6983.31%
TOTAL 17429 100.00% 21075100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22458 directorship positions on these 3597 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  % 
<579922.21
5 – 10256771.37
11 – 152186.06
>15130.36
TOTAL3597100.00

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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