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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

17724 individuals are on the boards of 2895 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17724 individuals occupy a total of 22786 directorship positions in 2895 companies listed at NSE and 749 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17724 individuals:
    • 14577 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7975 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3716 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5078 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2826 NSE-listed companies.
    • 302 individuals holding 363 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 205 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 534 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 808 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2895  companies, 1081 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.37%) 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 20 years (MR.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2048 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 840.47%1718
26 – 35 10575.96%476563
36 – 45 238713.47%9701111
46 – 60 598233.75%21532697
61 – 69 408123.03%24623525
70 – 80 237213.38%14071912
81 – 90 3021.70%112131
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14418.13%690700
TOTAL 17724100.00% 829210662

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13127 (61.33%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8482 (39.63%) more than 6 years; 5719 (26.72%) more than 9 years and 4356 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2398 11.20
>1 - <3 YEARS 5878 27.46
>3 - <6 YEARS 4645 21.70
>6 - <9 YEARS 2763 12.91
>9 - <12 YEARS 1363 6.37
> 12 YEARS 4356 20.35
TOTAL 21403 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.75% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.70% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.55% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5343 (30.15%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
  • 2045 (11.54%) are Chartered Accountants, 758 (4.28%) are Company Secretaries and 226 (1.28%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1576 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
  • 268 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3819 (21.55%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9775.51% 12956.05%
POST GRADUATES 968854.66% 1234957.70%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180310.17% 20969.79%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
402922.73% 441320.62%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3712.09% 3781.77%
NOT KNOWN 7514.24% 7593.55%
TOTAL 17724 100.00% 21403100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22786 directorship positions on these 3644 companies, giving an average of 6.25 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<579821.90
5 – 10261971.87
11 – 152155.90
>15120.33
TOTAL3644100.00

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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