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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

17920 individuals are on the boards of 2913 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17920 individuals occupy a total of 23034 directorship positions in 2913 companies listed at NSE and 757 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17920 individuals:
    • 14751 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8077 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3760 are women (20.98%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5143 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2852 NSE-listed companies.
    • 308 individuals holding 369 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 213 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 822 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2913  companies, 1089 (37.38%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.56%) 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 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2049 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 810.45%1718
26 – 35 10535.88%470556
36 – 45 239913.39%9741121
46 – 60 603233.66%21512693
61 – 69 408422.79%24673545
70 – 80 237113.23%14051911
81 – 90 3061.71%114133
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15768.79%790805
TOTAL 17920100.00% 839310787

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13296 (61.52%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8536 (39.50%) more than 6 years; 5769 (26.69%) more than 9 years and 4403 (20.37%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2411 11.16
>1 - <3 YEARS 5904 27.32
>3 - <6 YEARS 4760 22.03
>6 - <9 YEARS 2767 12.80
>9 - <12 YEARS 1366 6.32
> 12 YEARS 4403 20.37
TOTAL 21611 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 64.14% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 31.99% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.87% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5382 (30.03%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
  • 2053 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 765 (4.27%) are Company Secretaries and 220 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1592 (8.88%) are Lawyers.
  • 264 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3860 (21.54%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9835.49% 13026.02%
POST GRADUATES 988255.15% 1257058.12%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180410.07% 20979.70%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
395122.05% 433320.03%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.52%
SCHOOLING 3672.05% 3751.73%
NOT KNOWN 8284.62% 8383.87%
TOTAL 17920 100.00% 21628100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23034 directorship positions on these 3670 companies, giving an average of 6.28 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<579621.69
5 – 10264271.99
11 – 152216.02
>15110.30
TOTAL3670100.00

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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