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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

16405 individuals are on the boards of 2637 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 16405 individuals occupy a total of 20586 directorship positions in 2637 companies listed at NSE and 445 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 16405 individuals:
    • 13786 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7480 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3379 are women (20.60%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4462 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2581 NSE-listed companies.
    • 269 individuals holding 327 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 150 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 14 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 519 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 770 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2637  companies, 1014 (38.45%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 369 (36.39%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1389 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1389 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1875 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 730.44%1616
26 – 35 10146.18%470544
36 – 45 213713.03%874997
46 – 60 580235.37%21472652
61 – 69 395024.08%24293370
70 – 80 212812.97%12811753
81 – 90 2721.66%103117
> 90 210.13%55
NOT KNOWN 10086.14%498501
TOTAL 16405100.00% 78239955

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12029 (60.71%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7908 (39.91%) more than 6 years; 5321 (26.85%) more than 9 years and 4051 (20.45%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2874 14.50
>1 - <3 YEARS 4911 24.79
>3 - <6 YEARS 4121 20.80
>6 - <9 YEARS 2587 13.06
>9 - <12 YEARS 1270 6.41
> 12 YEARS 4051 20.45
TOTAL 19814 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.43% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.61% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.96% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 4847 (29.55%) are Management Graduates (of which 746 are IIM graduates).
  • 1865 (11.37%) are Chartered Accountants, 638 (3.89%) are Company Secretaries and 213 (1.30%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1462 (8.91%) are Lawyers.
  • 243 (1.48%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3455 (21.06%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9135.57% 12056.08%
POST GRADUATES 856852.23% 1096855.35%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
170310.38% 19789.98%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
403624.60% 446222.52%
UNDERGRADUATES 1010.62% 1090.55%
SCHOOLING 3051.86% 3071.55%
NOT KNOWN 7794.75% 7853.96%
TOTAL 16405 100.00% 19814100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 20586 directorship positions on these 3082 companies, giving an average of 6.68 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<550116.26
5 – 10233175.63
11 – 152387.72
>15120.39
TOTAL3082100.00

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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