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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

17683 individuals are on the boards of 2890 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17683 individuals occupy a total of 22741 directorship positions in 2890 companies listed at NSE and 745 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17683 individuals:
    • 14544 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7959 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3708 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5071 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2822 NSE-listed companies.
    • 303 individuals holding 364 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 209 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 810 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2890  companies, 1079 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.44%) 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 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1529 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1529 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2056 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 850.48%1718
26 – 35 10626.01%480568
36 – 45 237813.45%9651104
46 – 60 597533.79%21512698
61 – 69 408223.08%24633518
70 – 80 237413.43%14121920
81 – 90 3001.70%111130
> 90 190.11%66
NOT KNOWN 14087.96%675684
TOTAL 17683100.00% 828010646

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13084 (61.25%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8466 (39.63%) more than 6 years; 5703 (26.70%) more than 9 years and 4343 (20.33%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2393 11.20
>1 - <3 YEARS 5886 27.55
>3 - <6 YEARS 4618 21.62
>6 - <9 YEARS 2763 12.93
>9 - <12 YEARS 1360 6.37
> 12 YEARS 4343 20.33
TOTAL 21363 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.84% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.71% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.45% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5335 (30.17%) are Management Graduates (of which 814 are IIM graduates).
  • 2041 (11.54%) are Chartered Accountants, 753 (4.26%) are Company Secretaries and 224 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1573 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
  • 268 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3814 (21.57%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9795.54% 12986.08%
POST GRADUATES 967954.74% 1233957.76%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
179910.17% 20909.78%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
402322.75% 441020.64%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3692.09% 3761.76%
NOT KNOWN 7294.12% 7373.45%
TOTAL 17683 100.00% 21363100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22741 directorship positions on these 3635 companies, giving an average of 6.26 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<579421.84
5 – 10261471.91
11 – 152155.91
>15120.33
TOTAL3635100.00

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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