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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

17416 individuals are on the boards of 2850 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17416 individuals occupy a total of 22432 directorship positions in 2850 companies listed at NSE and 747 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17416 individuals:
    • 14317 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7851 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3638 are women (20.89%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4980 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2777 NSE-listed companies.
    • 292 individuals holding 356 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 213 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 2 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 541 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 821 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2850  companies, 1067 (37.44%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 399 (37.39%) 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 21 years (MR.ADITYA SAURABH GADGIL) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1501 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 15 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1501 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2016 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 800.46%1515
26 – 35 10816.21%492578
36 – 45 237513.64%9691106
46 – 60 603934.68%21922730
61 – 69 402223.09%24383480
70 – 80 231813.31%13871884
81 – 90 2921.68%108126
> 90 220.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11876.82%572578
TOTAL 17416100.00% 817910503

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12818 (60.88%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8391 (39.86%) more than 6 years; 5619 (26.69%) more than 9 years and 4284 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2383 11.32
>1 - <3 YEARS 5852 27.80
>3 - <6 YEARS 4427 21.03
>6 - <9 YEARS 2772 13.17
>9 - <12 YEARS 1335 6.34
> 12 YEARS 4284 20.35
TOTAL 21053 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.50% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.04% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.46% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5231 (30.04%) are Management Graduates (of which 804 are IIM graduates).
  • 1997 (11.47%) are Chartered Accountants, 732 (4.20%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.24%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1549 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
  • 272 (1.56%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3746 (21.51%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9585.50% 12736.05%
POST GRADUATES 929753.38% 1188556.45%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183410.53% 212910.11%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413523.74% 455121.62%
UNDERGRADUATES 1060.61% 1140.54%
SCHOOLING 3672.11% 3731.77%
NOT KNOWN 7194.13% 7283.46%
TOTAL 17416 100.00% 21053100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22432 directorship positions on these 3597 companies, giving an average of 6.24 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<580122.27
5 – 10256571.31
11 – 152186.06
>15130.36
TOTAL3597100.00

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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