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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

17452 individuals are on the boards of 2842 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17452 individuals occupy a total of 22508 directorship positions in 2842 companies listed at NSE and 756 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17452 individuals:
    • 14328 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7895 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3635 are women (20.83%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4990 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2780 NSE-listed companies.
    • 291 individuals holding 356 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 216 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 541 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 824 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2842  companies, 1070 (37.65%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 400 (37.38%) 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.ADITYA SAURABH GADGIL) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1482 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1482 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2003 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 760.44%1414
26 – 35 10896.24%497587
36 – 45 237613.61%9671108
46 – 60 607934.83%22352777
61 – 69 404423.17%24533497
70 – 80 228913.12%13701874
81 – 90 2871.64%106123
> 90 220.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11906.82%578582
TOTAL 17452100.00% 822610568

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12797 (60.62%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8356 (39.58%) more than 6 years; 5593 (26.49%) more than 9 years and 4268 (20.22%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2436 11.54
>1 - <3 YEARS 5878 27.84
>3 - <6 YEARS 4441 21.04
>6 - <9 YEARS 2763 13.09
>9 - <12 YEARS 1325 6.28
> 12 YEARS 4268 20.22
TOTAL 21111 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.48% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.97% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.55% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5227 (29.95%) are Management Graduates (of which 801 are IIM graduates).
  • 2003 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 729 (4.18%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1560 (8.94%) are Lawyers.
  • 276 (1.58%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3742 (21.44%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9715.56% 12906.11%
POST GRADUATES 929953.28% 1190056.37%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183610.52% 213610.12%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413823.71% 455421.57%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.60% 1130.54%
SCHOOLING 3622.07% 3681.74%
NOT KNOWN 7414.25% 7503.55%
TOTAL 17452 100.00% 21111100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22508 directorship positions on these 3598 companies, giving an average of 6.26 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<580222.29
5 – 10255871.10
11 – 152256.25
>15130.36
TOTAL3598100.00

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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