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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

17221 individuals are on the boards of 2790 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17221 individuals occupy a total of 21658 directorship positions in 2791 companies listed at NSE and 479 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17221 individuals:
    • 14461 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7822 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3577 are women (20.77%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4737 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2740 NSE-listed companies.
    • 282 individuals holding 344 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.
    • 544 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 814 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 1427 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1427 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1930 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 10616.16%489571
36 – 45 229213.31%9301067
46 – 60 602034.96%22342773
61 – 69 403223.41%24623486
70 – 80 220512.80%13151800
81 – 90 2801.63%106124
> 90 260.15%66
NOT KNOWN 12367.18%603606
TOTAL 17221100.00% 815810446

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12546 (60.27%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8197 (39.38%) more than 6 years; 5470 (26.28%) more than 9 years and 4193 (20.14%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2460 11.82
>1 - <3 YEARS 5811 27.91
>3 - <6 YEARS 4349 20.89
>6 - <9 YEARS 2727 13.10
>9 - <12 YEARS 1277 6.13
> 12 YEARS 4193 20.14
TOTAL 20817 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.94% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.69% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.37% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5113 (29.69%) are Management Graduates (of which 784 are IIM graduates).
  • 1965 (11.41%) are Chartered Accountants, 697 (4.05%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.27%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1525 (8.86%) are Lawyers.
  • 252 (1.46%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3641 (21.14%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9495.51% 12586.04%
POST GRADUATES 908052.73% 1163655.90%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
178510.37% 208310.01%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
406923.63% 448121.53%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.58% 1080.52%
SCHOOLING 3341.94% 3411.64%
NOT KNOWN 9045.25% 9104.37%
TOTAL 17221 100.00% 20817100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21658 directorship positions on these 3270 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  % 
<553916.48
5 – 10248175.87
11 – 152387.28
>15120.37
TOTAL3270100.00

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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