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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

18166 individuals are on the boards of 2959 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18166 individuals occupy a total of 23439 directorship positions in 2959 companies listed at NSE and 813 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18166 individuals:
    • 14900 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8205 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3818 are women (21.02%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5251 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2898 NSE-listed companies.
    • 313 individuals holding 376 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 222 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 541 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 823 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2959  companies, 1100 (37.17%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 410 (37.27%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 18 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1555 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 18 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 19 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1555 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2093 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 910.50%1819
26 – 35 10855.97%486576
36 – 45 250513.79%10261177
46 – 60 621934.23%22392796
61 – 69 415422.87%25153607
70 – 80 240513.24%14341954
81 – 90 3111.71%116134
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 13787.59%697710
TOTAL 18166100.00% 853610978

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13581 (61.92%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8733 (39.81%) more than 6 years; 5915 (26.97%) more than 9 years and 4480 (20.42%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2376 10.83
>1 - <3 YEARS 5977 27.25
>3 - <6 YEARS 4848 22.10
>6 - <9 YEARS 2818 12.85
>9 - <12 YEARS 1435 6.54
> 12 YEARS 4480 20.42
TOTAL 21934 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.70% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.59% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.71% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5466 (30.09%) are Management Graduates (of which 817 are IIM graduates).
  • 2087 (11.49%) are Chartered Accountants, 784 (4.32%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.19%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1624 (8.94%) are Lawyers.
  • 270 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3928 (21.62%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9975.49% 13346.08%
POST GRADUATES 994554.75% 1264457.62%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
184310.15% 21479.78%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
409322.53% 450720.54%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.58% 1140.52%
SCHOOLING 3752.06% 3831.75%
NOT KNOWN 8084.45% 8153.71%
TOTAL 18166 100.00% 21944100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23439 directorship positions on these 3772 companies, giving an average of 6.21 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<585122.56
5 – 10269171.34
11 – 152195.81
>15110.29
TOTAL3772100.00

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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