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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

17136 individuals are on the boards of 2771 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17136 individuals occupy a total of 21544 directorship positions in 2772 companies listed at NSE and 475 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17136 individuals:
    • 14392 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7782 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3551 are women (20.72%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4704 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2721 NSE-listed companies.
    • 282 individuals holding 344 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 169 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 811 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2771  companies, 1034 (37.32%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 386 (37.33%) 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). 14 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1418 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 14 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 14 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1418 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1913 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 710.41%1414
26 – 35 10716.25%495576
36 – 45 226613.22%9191056
46 – 60 600135.02%22202758
61 – 69 402823.51%24633482
70 – 80 219812.83%13081785
81 – 90 2791.63%104122
> 90 250.15%66
NOT KNOWN 11976.99%585588
TOTAL 17136100.00% 811410387

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12478 (60.26%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8159 (39.40%) more than 6 years; 5447 (26.31%) more than 9 years and 4176 (20.17%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2450 11.83
>1 - <3 YEARS 5779 27.91
>3 - <6 YEARS 4319 20.86
>6 - <9 YEARS 2712 13.10
>9 - <12 YEARS 1271 6.14
> 12 YEARS 4176 20.17
TOTAL 20707 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.38% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.40% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.22% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5088 (29.69%) are Management Graduates (of which 779 are IIM graduates).
  • 1958 (11.43%) are Chartered Accountants, 695 (4.06%) are Company Secretaries and 219 (1.28%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1520 (8.87%) are Lawyers.
  • 248 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3625 (21.15%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9455.51% 12546.06%
POST GRADUATES 929254.23% 1187057.32%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
172110.04% 20129.72%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
387822.63% 425020.52%
UNDERGRADUATES 1010.59% 1090.53%
SCHOOLING 3311.93% 3381.63%
NOT KNOWN 8685.07% 8744.22%
TOTAL 17136 100.00% 20707100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21544 directorship positions on these 3247 companies, giving an average of 6.64 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 26 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<553216.38
5 – 10245875.70
11 – 152457.55
>15120.37
TOTAL3247100.00

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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