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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

18022 individuals are on the boards of 2927 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18022 individuals occupy a total of 23185 directorship positions in 2927 companies listed at NSE and 784 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18022 individuals:
    • 14828 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8134 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3784 are women (21.00%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5181 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2866 NSE-listed companies.
    • 309 individuals holding 370 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 217 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 821 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2927  companies, 1088 (37.17%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.59%) 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 1528 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1528 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2057 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 820.45%1718
26 – 35 10615.89%471559
36 – 45 242113.43%9881135
46 – 60 609433.81%21792726
61 – 69 409822.74%24773557
70 – 80 237513.18%14111921
81 – 90 3051.69%112131
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15688.70%794807
TOTAL 18022100.00% 845410859

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13402 (61.69%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8607 (39.62%) more than 6 years; 5805 (26.72%) more than 9 years and 4426 (20.37%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2433 11.20
>1 - <3 YEARS 5890 27.11
>3 - <6 YEARS 4795 22.07
>6 - <9 YEARS 2802 12.90
>9 - <12 YEARS 1379 6.35
> 12 YEARS 4426 20.37
TOTAL 21725 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.72% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.54% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.74% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5416 (30.05%) are Management Graduates (of which 814 are IIM graduates).
  • 2070 (11.49%) are Chartered Accountants, 780 (4.33%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.21%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1607 (8.92%) are Lawyers.
  • 269 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3880 (21.53%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9915.50% 13176.06%
POST GRADUATES 987154.77% 1253657.66%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
182110.10% 21169.73%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
405522.50% 446420.53%
UNDERGRADUATES 1060.59% 1140.52%
SCHOOLING 3732.07% 3811.75%
NOT KNOWN 8054.47% 8133.74%
TOTAL 18022 100.00% 21741100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23185 directorship positions on these 3711 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  % 
<581922.07
5 – 10266171.71
11 – 152205.93
>15110.30
TOTAL3711100.00

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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