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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

18264 individuals are on the boards of 2987 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18264 individuals occupy a total of 23608 directorship positions in 2987 companies listed at NSE and 825 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18264 individuals:
    • 14971 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8237 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3843 are women (21.04%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5292 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2929 NSE-listed companies.
    • 314 individuals holding 377 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 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 544 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 835 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2987  companies, 1107 (37.06%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 412 (37.22%) 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 1565 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1565 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2109 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 930.51%1819
26 – 35 10976.01%491582
36 – 45 254513.93%10411193
46 – 60 628434.41%22622821
61 – 69 420323.01%25553672
70 – 80 242513.28%14461972
81 – 90 3121.71%114132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 12877.05%645657
TOTAL 18264100.00% 857711053

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13672 (61.90%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8790 (39.79%) more than 6 years; 5954 (26.95%) more than 9 years and 4523 (20.48%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2386 10.80
>1 - <3 YEARS 6031 27.30
>3 - <6 YEARS 4882 22.10
>6 - <9 YEARS 2836 12.84
>9 - <12 YEARS 1431 6.48
> 12 YEARS 4523 20.48
TOTAL 22089 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, 32.66% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.50% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5518 (30.21%) are Management Graduates (of which 821 are IIM graduates).
  • 2100 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 791 (4.33%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1632 (8.94%) are Lawyers.
  • 273 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3982 (21.80%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 10125.54% 13546.13%
POST GRADUATES 1001154.81% 1275357.71%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184910.12% 21589.76%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413522.64% 455520.61%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.57% 1140.52%
SCHOOLING 3842.10% 3921.77%
NOT KNOWN 7684.20% 7743.50%
TOTAL 18264 100.00% 22100100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23608 directorship positions on these 3812 companies, giving an average of 6.19 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<586622.72
5 – 10271271.14
11 – 152235.85
>15110.29
TOTAL3812100.00

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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