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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

17412 individuals are on the boards of 2827 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17412 individuals occupy a total of 22440 directorship positions in 2827 companies listed at NSE and 735 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17412 individuals:
    • 14301 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7898 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3623 are women (20.81%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4962 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2775 NSE-listed companies.
    • 290 individuals holding 355 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.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 820 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2827  companies, 1056 (37.35%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 393 (37.22%) 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). 13 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1468 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1468 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1980 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 730.42%1313
26 – 35 10866.24%495584
36 – 45 237313.63%9701111
46 – 60 609334.99%22582804
61 – 69 406023.32%24723520
70 – 80 226313.00%13571852
81 – 90 2881.65%105122
> 90 230.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11536.62%553557
TOTAL 17412100.00% 822910569

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12717 (60.38%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8324 (39.53%) more than 6 years; 5550 (26.35%) more than 9 years and 4249 (20.18%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2465 11.70
>1 - <3 YEARS 5878 27.91
>3 - <6 YEARS 4393 20.86
>6 - <9 YEARS 2774 13.17
>9 - <12 YEARS 1301 6.18
> 12 YEARS 4249 20.18
TOTAL 21060 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.52% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.03% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.45% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5206 (29.90%) are Management Graduates (of which 799 are IIM graduates).
  • 2002 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 728 (4.18%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1562 (8.97%) are Lawyers.
  • 279 (1.60%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3731 (21.43%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9715.58% 12896.12%
POST GRADUATES 928753.34% 1187856.40%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183910.56% 214110.17%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
414123.78% 455521.63%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.60% 1130.54%
SCHOOLING 3512.02% 3571.70%
NOT KNOWN 7184.12% 7273.45%
TOTAL 17412 100.00% 21060100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22440 directorship positions on these 3562 companies, giving an average of 6.30 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<577821.84
5 – 10253071.03
11 – 152416.77
>15130.36
TOTAL3562100.00

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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