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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

17197 individuals are on the boards of 2790 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17197 individuals occupy a total of 21656 directorship positions in 2790 companies listed at NSE and 483 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17197 individuals:
    • 14424 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7794 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3568 are women (20.75%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4737 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2740 NSE-listed companies.
    • 285 individuals holding 348 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.
    • 543 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 815 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2790  companies, 1052 (37.71%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 392 (37.26%) 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 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 13 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1429 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1429 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1934 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 690.40%1313
26 – 35 10616.17%489573
36 – 45 230613.41%9351072
46 – 60 604635.16%22402781
61 – 69 404123.50%24713501
70 – 80 221112.86%13171804
81 – 90 2801.63%106124
> 90 260.15%66
NOT KNOWN 11576.73%557562
TOTAL 17197100.00% 813410436

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12548 (60.30%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8198 (39.39%) more than 6 years; 5473 (26.30%) more than 9 years and 4195 (20.16%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2453 11.79
>1 - <3 YEARS 5810 27.92
>3 - <6 YEARS 4350 20.90
>6 - <9 YEARS 2725 13.09
>9 - <12 YEARS 1278 6.14
> 12 YEARS 4195 20.16
TOTAL 20811 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.20% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.84% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.96% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5129 (29.82%) are Management Graduates (of which 787 are IIM graduates).
  • 1971 (11.46%) are Chartered Accountants, 701 (4.08%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1527 (8.88%) are Lawyers.
  • 254 (1.48%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3658 (21.27%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9525.54% 12636.07%
POST GRADUATES 911553.00% 1168256.13%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
178810.40% 209010.04%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
408923.78% 450221.63%
UNDERGRADUATES 990.58% 1070.51%
SCHOOLING 3361.95% 3431.65%
NOT KNOWN 8184.76% 8243.96%
TOTAL 17197 100.00% 20811100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21656 directorship positions on these 3273 companies, giving an average of 6.62 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 26 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<554216.56
5 – 10248175.80
11 – 152387.27
>15120.37
TOTAL3273100.00

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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