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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

17119 individuals are on the boards of 2771 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17119 individuals occupy a total of 21549 directorship positions in 2771 companies listed at NSE and 476 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17119 individuals:
    • 14368 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7764 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3544 are women (20.70%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4703 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2721 NSE-listed companies.
    • 283 individuals holding 345 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 173 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 542 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 812 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2771  companies, 1035 (37.35%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 387 (37.39%) 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). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1417 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1417 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1915 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 700.41%1414
26 – 35 10726.26%495576
36 – 45 227813.31%9251063
46 – 60 602335.18%22272769
61 – 69 403223.55%24683494
70 – 80 219712.83%13071787
81 – 90 2781.62%104122
> 90 260.15%66
NOT KNOWN 11436.68%553555
TOTAL 17119100.00% 809910386

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12481 (60.27%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8158 (39.39%) more than 6 years; 5447 (26.30%) more than 9 years and 4173 (20.15%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2454 11.85
>1 - <3 YEARS 5775 27.89
>3 - <6 YEARS 4323 20.87
>6 - <9 YEARS 2711 13.09
>9 - <12 YEARS 1274 6.15
> 12 YEARS 4173 20.15
TOTAL 20710 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.55% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.43% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.02% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5099 (29.79%) are Management Graduates (of which 780 are IIM graduates).
  • 1962 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 697 (4.07%) are Company Secretaries and 219 (1.28%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1522 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
  • 248 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3637 (21.25%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9465.53% 12556.06%
POST GRADUATES 930954.38% 1190657.49%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
172410.07% 20169.73%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
388122.67% 425320.54%
UNDERGRADUATES 1010.59% 1090.53%
SCHOOLING 3321.94% 3391.64%
NOT KNOWN 8264.83% 8324.02%
TOTAL 17119 100.00% 20710100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21549 directorship positions on these 3247 companies, giving an average of 6.64 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 26 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<553216.38
5 – 10245775.67
11 – 152467.58
>15120.37
TOTAL3247100.00

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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