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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

18275 individuals are on the boards of 2987 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18275 individuals occupy a total of 23600 directorship positions in 2988 companies listed at NSE and 818 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18275 individuals:
    • 14987 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8247 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3836 are women (20.99%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5284 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2923 NSE-listed companies.
    • 314 individuals holding 378 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 223 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 541 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 832 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2987  companies, 1106 (37.03%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 412 (37.25%) 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 1561 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1561 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2103 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 920.50%1819
26 – 35 10845.93%486577
36 – 45 251213.75%10251176
46 – 60 622834.08%22432804
61 – 69 417422.84%25333643
70 – 80 241713.23%14421966
81 – 90 3121.71%114132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14387.87%720733
TOTAL 18275100.00% 858611055

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13669 (61.88%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8787 (39.78%) more than 6 years; 5959 (26.98%) more than 9 years and 4519 (20.46%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2375 10.75
>1 - <3 YEARS 6046 27.37
>3 - <6 YEARS 4882 22.10
>6 - <9 YEARS 2828 12.80
>9 - <12 YEARS 1440 6.52
> 12 YEARS 4519 20.46
TOTAL 22090 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.52% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.53% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.95% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5495 (30.07%) are Management Graduates (of which 820 are IIM graduates).
  • 2087 (11.42%) are Chartered Accountants, 786 (4.30%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1628 (8.91%) are Lawyers.
  • 272 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3965 (21.70%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 10055.50% 13456.09%
POST GRADUATES 996254.51% 1269357.43%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184410.09% 21549.75%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
411322.51% 453420.51%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.57% 1140.52%
SCHOOLING 3792.07% 3871.75%
NOT KNOWN 8674.74% 8743.95%
TOTAL 18275 100.00% 22101100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23600 directorship positions on these 3806 companies, giving an average of 6.20 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<586222.65
5 – 10271171.23
11 – 152225.83
>15110.29
TOTAL3806100.00

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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