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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

18486 individuals are on the boards of 3009 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18486 individuals occupy a total of 23810 directorship positions in 3009 companies listed at NSE and 827 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18486 individuals:
    • 15208 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8342 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3889 are women (21.04%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5334 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2949 NSE-listed companies.
    • 312 individuals holding 375 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 225 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 831 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 3009  companies, 1113 (36.99%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 416 (37.38%) 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.VIDIT SANDEEP BAJORIA) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 18 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1564 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1564 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2113 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 910.49%1819
26 – 35 10865.87%487577
36 – 45 254313.76%10411191
46 – 60 626233.87%22432797
61 – 69 419322.68%25493652
70 – 80 243313.16%14491979
81 – 90 3081.67%110129
> 90 190.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15518.39%781793
TOTAL 18486100.00% 868311142

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13801 (61.92%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8858 (39.74%) more than 6 years; 5987 (26.86%) more than 9 years and 4552 (20.42%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2473 11.10
>1 - <3 YEARS 6015 26.99
>3 - <6 YEARS 4943 22.18
>6 - <9 YEARS 2871 12.88
>9 - <12 YEARS 1435 6.44
> 12 YEARS 4552 20.42
TOTAL 22289 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.00% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.35% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.65% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5500 (29.75%) are Management Graduates (of which 815 are IIM graduates).
  • 2094 (11.33%) are Chartered Accountants, 788 (4.26%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.17%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1630 (8.82%) are Lawyers.
  • 272 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3975 (21.50%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 10095.46% 13516.06%
POST GRADUATES 997853.98% 1269856.94%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
18479.99% 21579.67%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413122.35% 455020.40%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.57% 1140.51%
SCHOOLING 3842.08% 3921.76%
NOT KNOWN 10325.58% 10384.65%
TOTAL 18486 100.00% 22300100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23810 directorship positions on these 3836 companies, giving an average of 6.21 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<587022.68
5 – 10272471.01
11 – 152316.02
>15110.29
TOTAL3836100.00

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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