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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

18065 individuals are on the boards of 2937 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18065 individuals occupy a total of 23307 directorship positions in 2937 companies listed at NSE and 812 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18065 individuals:
    • 14819 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8158 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3801 are women (21.04%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5227 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2875 NSE-listed companies.
    • 310 individuals holding 373 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.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 821 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2937  companies, 1089 (37.08%) 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 1539 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1539 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2069 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 830.46%1718
26 – 35 10755.95%476562
36 – 45 246213.63%10071156
46 – 60 614434.01%22002751
61 – 69 411622.78%24923580
70 – 80 238913.22%14201932
81 – 90 3071.70%114132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14718.14%751767
TOTAL 18065100.00% 848210903

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13454 (61.73%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8638 (39.63%) more than 6 years; 5847 (26.83%) more than 9 years and 4439 (20.37%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2430 11.15
>1 - <3 YEARS 5912 27.12
>3 - <6 YEARS 4816 22.10
>6 - <9 YEARS 2791 12.81
>9 - <12 YEARS 1408 6.46
> 12 YEARS 4439 20.37
TOTAL 21796 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.79% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.62% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.59% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5450 (30.17%) are Management Graduates (of which 818 are IIM graduates).
  • 2074 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 782 (4.33%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.21%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1620 (8.97%) are Lawyers.
  • 270 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3904 (21.61%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9955.51% 13256.07%
POST GRADUATES 990754.84% 1259057.72%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183210.14% 21319.77%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
407422.55% 448420.56%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.58% 1130.52%
SCHOOLING 3762.08% 3841.76%
NOT KNOWN 7764.30% 7843.59%
TOTAL 18065 100.00% 21811100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23307 directorship positions on these 3749 companies, giving an average of 6.22 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<584422.51
5 – 10267271.27
11 – 152225.92
>15110.29
TOTAL3749100.00

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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