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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

17229 individuals are on the boards of 2793 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17229 individuals occupy a total of 21693 directorship positions in 2793 companies listed at NSE and 483 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17229 individuals:
    • 14452 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7816 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3573 are women (20.74%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4742 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2743 NSE-listed companies.
    • 284 individuals holding 347 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 817 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2793  companies, 1056 (37.81%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 392 (37.12%) 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). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1432 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1432 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1938 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 670.39%1212
26 – 35 10576.14%487571
36 – 45 230613.38%9351071
46 – 60 603835.05%22402782
61 – 69 404223.46%24693501
70 – 80 221212.84%13201808
81 – 90 2811.63%106124
> 90 260.15%66
NOT KNOWN 12006.97%580585
TOTAL 17229100.00% 815510460

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12571 (60.30%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8212 (39.39%) more than 6 years; 5480 (26.29%) more than 9 years and 4200 (20.15%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2447 11.74
>1 - <3 YEARS 5828 27.96
>3 - <6 YEARS 4359 20.91
>6 - <9 YEARS 2732 13.11
>9 - <12 YEARS 1280 6.14
> 12 YEARS 4200 20.15
TOTAL 20846 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.08% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.78% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.14% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5128 (29.76%) are Management Graduates (of which 788 are IIM graduates).
  • 1970 (11.43%) are Chartered Accountants, 700 (4.06%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1527 (8.86%) are Lawyers.
  • 254 (1.47%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3658 (21.23%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9535.53% 12646.06%
POST GRADUATES 910952.87% 1167856.02%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
178910.38% 209210.04%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
408623.72% 449921.58%
UNDERGRADUATES 990.57% 1070.51%
SCHOOLING 3351.94% 3421.64%
NOT KNOWN 8584.98% 8644.14%
TOTAL 17229 100.00% 20846100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21693 directorship positions on these 3276 companies, giving an average of 6.62 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<554116.51
5 – 10248475.82
11 – 152397.30
>15120.37
TOTAL3276100.00

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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