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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

17547 individuals are on the boards of 2860 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17547 individuals occupy a total of 22586 directorship positions in 2860 companies listed at NSE and 749 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17547 individuals:
    • 14425 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7892 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3672 are women (20.93%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5029 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2790 NSE-listed companies.
    • 288 individuals holding 349 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 213 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 2860  companies, 1070 (37.41%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 406 (37.94%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1516 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1516 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2043 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 800.46%1415
26 – 35 10636.06%485572
36 – 45 238013.56%9701107
46 – 60 596433.99%21442690
61 – 69 403923.02%24423482
70 – 80 234113.34%14021911
81 – 90 2941.68%108126
> 90 200.11%66
NOT KNOWN 13667.78%652660
TOTAL 17547100.00% 822310569

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12957 (61.10%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8389 (39.56%) more than 6 years; 5686 (26.81%) more than 9 years and 4315 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2382 11.23
>1 - <3 YEARS 5867 27.67
>3 - <6 YEARS 4568 21.54
>6 - <9 YEARS 2703 12.75
>9 - <12 YEARS 1371 6.47
> 12 YEARS 4315 20.35
TOTAL 21206 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.51% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.95% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.54% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5286 (30.12%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
  • 2007 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 744 (4.24%) are Company Secretaries and 222 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1561 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
  • 265 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3768 (21.47%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9685.52% 12866.06%
POST GRADUATES 936653.38% 1197056.45%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183810.47% 213510.07%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
416223.72% 457821.59%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.60% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3672.09% 3741.76%
NOT KNOWN 7414.22% 7503.54%
TOTAL 17547 100.00% 21206100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22586 directorship positions on these 3609 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  % 
<580322.25
5 – 10257171.24
11 – 152226.15
>15130.36
TOTAL3609100.00

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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