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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

17668 individuals are on the boards of 2887 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17668 individuals occupy a total of 22721 directorship positions in 2887 companies listed at NSE and 743 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17668 individuals:
    • 14533 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7951 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3707 are women (20.98%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5067 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2818 NSE-listed companies.
    • 296 individuals holding 356 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 211 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 537 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 813 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2887  companies, 1080 (37.41%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 405 (37.5%) 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 20 years (MR.KRISHNA VARDHAN GILARA) and the oldest is 95 years (MR.GULABCHAND MANGILAL SURANA). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2051 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 850.48%1718
26 – 35 10636.02%481570
36 – 45 237413.44%9671104
46 – 60 596733.77%21442688
61 – 69 407423.06%24603522
70 – 80 237113.42%14091917
81 – 90 2981.69%110129
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14188.03%680689
TOTAL 17668100.00% 827310642

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13074 (61.25%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8470 (39.68%) more than 6 years; 5706 (26.73%) more than 9 years and 4342 (20.34%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2399 11.24
>1 - <3 YEARS 5873 27.51
>3 - <6 YEARS 4604 21.57
>6 - <9 YEARS 2764 12.95
>9 - <12 YEARS 1364 6.39
> 12 YEARS 4342 20.34
TOTAL 21346 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.81% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.70% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.49% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5322 (30.12%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
  • 2033 (11.51%) are Chartered Accountants, 752 (4.26%) are Company Secretaries and 223 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1571 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
  • 268 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3807 (21.55%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9765.52% 12966.07%
POST GRADUATES 966554.70% 1232657.74%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
179910.18% 20879.78%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
401622.73% 440120.62%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.53%
SCHOOLING 3712.10% 3781.77%
NOT KNOWN 7364.17% 7453.49%
TOTAL 17668 100.00% 21346100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22721 directorship positions on these 3630 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  % 
<579221.82
5 – 10260971.87
11 – 152175.98
>15120.33
TOTAL3630100.00

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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