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SNAPSHOT REPORTS (for NSE-listed companies only)

SNAPSHOT REPORT - ALL DIRECTORS | ALL COMPANIES

(Based on all NSE-listed companies)
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17336 individuals are on the boards of 2807 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17336 individuals occupy a total of 21777 directorship positions in 2807 companies listed at NSE and 473 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17336 individuals:
    • 14560 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7874 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3604 are women (20.79%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4765 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2754 NSE-listed companies.
    • 282 individuals holding 345 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 176 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 812 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2807  companies, 1048 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 391 (37.31%) 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.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1456 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1456 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1966 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 660.38%1212
26 – 35 10566.09%483570
36 – 45 230613.30%9381073
46 – 60 600334.63%22352777
61 – 69 401523.16%24493477
70 – 80 224312.94%13421835
81 – 90 2891.67%108125
> 90 230.13%66
NOT KNOWN 13357.70%633638
TOTAL 17336100.00% 820610513

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12627 (60.30%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8269 (39.49%) more than 6 years; 5523 (26.38%) more than 9 years and 4232 (20.21%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2457 11.73
>1 - <3 YEARS 5855 27.96
>3 - <6 YEARS 4358 20.81
>6 - <9 YEARS 2746 13.11
>9 - <12 YEARS 1291 6.17
> 12 YEARS 4232 20.21
TOTAL 20939 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.97% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.61% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.42% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5145 (29.68%) are Management Graduates (of which 791 are IIM graduates).
  • 1981 (11.43%) are Chartered Accountants, 716 (4.13%) are Company Secretaries and 215 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1535 (8.85%) are Lawyers.
  • 265 (1.53%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3689 (21.28%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9565.51% 12666.05%
POST GRADUATES 914452.75% 1170955.92%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180810.43% 210610.06%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
407523.51% 448221.41%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.58% 1080.52%
SCHOOLING 3361.94% 3431.64%
NOT KNOWN 9175.29% 9254.42%
TOTAL 17336 100.00% 20939100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21777 directorship positions on these 3280 companies, giving an average of 6.64 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<553316.25
5 – 10249476.04
11 – 152417.35
>15120.37
TOTAL3280100.00

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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