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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

17361 individuals are on the boards of 2810 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17361 individuals occupy a total of 21807 directorship positions in 2810 companies listed at NSE and 490 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17361 individuals:
    • 14583 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7892 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3608 are women (20.78%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4770 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2757 NSE-listed companies.
    • 282 individuals holding 345 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 178 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 538 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 810 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2810  companies, 1049 (37.33%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 392 (37.37%) 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 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1454 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1454 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1961 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 660.38%1212
26 – 35 10536.07%481568
36 – 45 230613.28%9401075
46 – 60 599334.52%22292770
61 – 69 401223.11%24463472
70 – 80 224012.90%13421832
81 – 90 2891.66%106123
> 90 230.13%66
NOT KNOWN 13797.94%659664
TOTAL 17361100.00% 822110522

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12625 (60.25%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8272 (39.48%) more than 6 years; 5524 (26.36%) more than 9 years and 4231 (20.19%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2457 11.73
>1 - <3 YEARS 5873 28.03
>3 - <6 YEARS 4353 20.77
>6 - <9 YEARS 2748 13.11
>9 - <12 YEARS 1293 6.17
> 12 YEARS 4231 20.19
TOTAL 20955 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.82% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.55% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.63% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5139 (29.60%) are Management Graduates (of which 791 are IIM graduates).
  • 1980 (11.40%) are Chartered Accountants, 716 (4.12%) are Company Secretaries and 214 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1532 (8.82%) are Lawyers.
  • 263 (1.51%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3683 (21.21%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9545.50% 12616.02%
POST GRADUATES 913352.61% 1169255.80%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180310.39% 210110.03%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
407223.45% 447921.37%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.58% 1080.52%
SCHOOLING 3371.94% 3441.64%
NOT KNOWN 9625.54% 9704.63%
TOTAL 17361 100.00% 20955100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21807 directorship positions on these 3300 companies, giving an average of 6.61 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<555016.67
5 – 10249475.58
11 – 152437.36
>15130.39
TOTAL3300100.00

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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