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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

17639 individuals are on the boards of 2883 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17639 individuals occupy a total of 22712 directorship positions in 2884 companies listed at NSE and 766 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17639 individuals:
    • 14496 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7939 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3699 are women (20.97%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5069 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2814 NSE-listed companies.
    • 292 individuals holding 352 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 215 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 536 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 813 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2883  companies, 1078 (37.39%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 404 (37.48%) 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.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2053 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 810.46%1617
26 – 35 10555.98%477564
36 – 45 237313.45%9691108
46 – 60 594133.68%21322674
61 – 69 405823.01%24563516
70 – 80 236813.42%14091921
81 – 90 2971.68%109126
> 90 190.11%66
NOT KNOWN 14478.20%687696
TOTAL 17639100.00% 826110628

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13058 (61.27%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8457 (39.68%) more than 6 years; 5700 (26.75%) more than 9 years and 4336 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2401 11.27
>1 - <3 YEARS 5853 27.46
>3 - <6 YEARS 4601 21.59
>6 - <9 YEARS 2757 12.94
>9 - <12 YEARS 1364 6.40
> 12 YEARS 4336 20.35
TOTAL 21312 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.72% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.63% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.65% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5310 (30.10%) are Management Graduates (of which 810 are IIM graduates).
  • 2026 (11.49%) are Chartered Accountants, 746 (4.23%) are Company Secretaries and 222 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1564 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
  • 267 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3795 (21.51%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9735.52% 12946.07%
POST GRADUATES 963054.59% 1228657.65%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
179410.17% 20809.76%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
400022.68% 438620.58%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.60% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3692.09% 3761.76%
NOT KNOWN 7684.35% 7773.65%
TOTAL 17639 100.00% 21312100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22712 directorship positions on these 3650 companies, giving an average of 6.22 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<581622.36
5 – 10260571.37
11 – 152175.95
>15120.33
TOTAL3650100.00

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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