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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

17972 individuals are on the boards of 2918 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17972 individuals occupy a total of 23118 directorship positions in 2918 companies listed at NSE and 782 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17972 individuals:
    • 14789 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8104 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3770 are women (20.98%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5165 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2857 NSE-listed companies.
    • 309 individuals holding 370 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 215 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 819 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2918  companies, 1089 (37.32%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 408 (37.47%) 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). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1525 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1525 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2054 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 800.45%1718
26 – 35 10555.87%467552
36 – 45 240513.38%9751123
46 – 60 606233.73%21582700
61 – 69 409422.78%24723548
70 – 80 237113.19%14071917
81 – 90 3071.71%113132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15808.79%808823
TOTAL 17972100.00% 842210818

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13377 (61.75%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8577 (39.59%) more than 6 years; 5793 (26.74%) more than 9 years and 4414 (20.37%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2435 11.24
>1 - <3 YEARS 5852 27.01
>3 - <6 YEARS 4800 22.16
>6 - <9 YEARS 2784 12.85
>9 - <12 YEARS 1379 6.37
> 12 YEARS 4414 20.37
TOTAL 21664 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.66% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.49% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.85% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5396 (30.02%) are Management Graduates (of which 813 are IIM graduates).
  • 2064 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 769 (4.28%) are Company Secretaries and 220 (1.22%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1602 (8.91%) are Lawyers.
  • 267 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3862 (21.49%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9865.49% 13096.04%
POST GRADUATES 983354.71% 1249157.62%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
181510.10% 21109.73%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
403922.47% 444620.51%
UNDERGRADUATES 1040.58% 1120.52%
SCHOOLING 3702.06% 3781.74%
NOT KNOWN 8254.59% 8343.85%
TOTAL 17972 100.00% 21680100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23118 directorship positions on these 3700 companies, giving an average of 6.25 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<581822.11
5 – 10264971.59
11 – 152226.00
>15110.30
TOTAL3700100.00

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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