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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

17578 individuals are on the boards of 2861 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17578 individuals occupy a total of 22568 directorship positions in 2861 companies listed at NSE and 721 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17578 individuals:
    • 14490 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7908 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3677 are women (20.92%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5015 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2790 NSE-listed companies.
    • 287 individuals holding 348 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.
    • 538 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 818 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2861  companies, 1070 (37.40%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 406 (37.94%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1510 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1510 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%1516
26 – 35 10646.05%484570
36 – 45 237913.53%9721114
46 – 60 595533.88%21422681
61 – 69 402222.88%24323467
70 – 80 233813.30%13971904
81 – 90 2921.66%107125
> 90 200.11%66
NOT KNOWN 14288.12%683692
TOTAL 17578100.00% 823810575

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12966 (61.08%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8380 (39.48%) more than 6 years; 5683 (26.77%) more than 9 years and 4316 (20.33%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2390 11.26
>1 - <3 YEARS 5871 27.66
>3 - <6 YEARS 4586 21.60
>6 - <9 YEARS 2697 12.71
>9 - <12 YEARS 1367 6.44
> 12 YEARS 4316 20.33
TOTAL 21227 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.19% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.81% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.00% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5260 (29.92%) are Management Graduates (of which 810 are IIM graduates).
  • 2004 (11.40%) are Chartered Accountants, 736 (4.19%) are Company Secretaries and 219 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1549 (8.81%) are Lawyers.
  • 264 (1.50%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3745 (21.31%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9625.47% 12816.03%
POST GRADUATES 932453.04% 1192156.16%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
182910.41% 212410.01%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
414923.60% 456421.50%
UNDERGRADUATES 1060.60% 1140.54%
SCHOOLING 3672.09% 3731.76%
NOT KNOWN 8414.78% 8504.00%
TOTAL 17578 100.00% 21227100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22568 directorship positions on these 3582 companies, giving an average of 6.30 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<577521.64
5 – 10257171.78
11 – 152236.23
>15130.36
TOTAL3582100.00

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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