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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

17424 individuals are on the boards of 2851 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17424 individuals occupy a total of 22449 directorship positions in 2851 companies listed at NSE and 747 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17424 individuals:
    • 14315 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7843 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3649 are women (20.94%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4998 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2780 NSE-listed companies.
    • 291 individuals holding 355 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 212 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 823 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2851  companies, 1067 (37.43%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 400 (37.49%) 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 1509 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1509 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2035 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 10796.19%490573
36 – 45 237613.64%9691110
46 – 60 601234.50%21772717
61 – 69 402323.09%24343471
70 – 80 233113.38%13961904
81 – 90 2901.66%107125
> 90 210.12%66
NOT KNOWN 12126.96%578586
TOTAL 17424100.00% 817210507

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12856 (61.02%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8384 (39.80%) more than 6 years; 5615 (26.65%) more than 9 years and 4285 (20.34%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2385 11.32
>1 - <3 YEARS 5826 27.65
>3 - <6 YEARS 4472 21.23
>6 - <9 YEARS 2769 13.14
>9 - <12 YEARS 1330 6.31
> 12 YEARS 4285 20.34
TOTAL 21067 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.48% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.98% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.54% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5231 (30.02%) are Management Graduates (of which 805 are IIM graduates).
  • 1997 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 732 (4.20%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1550 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
  • 268 (1.54%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3744 (21.49%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9545.48% 12726.04%
POST GRADUATES 929553.35% 1189056.44%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183110.51% 212410.08%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413823.75% 455221.61%
UNDERGRADUATES 1060.61% 1140.54%
SCHOOLING 3642.09% 3701.76%
NOT KNOWN 7364.22% 7453.54%
TOTAL 17424 100.00% 21067100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22449 directorship positions on these 3598 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  % 
<580122.26
5 – 10256471.26
11 – 152206.11
>15130.36
TOTAL3598100.00

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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