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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

17895 individuals are on the boards of 2909 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17895 individuals occupy a total of 23017 directorship positions in 2909 companies listed at NSE and 758 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17895 individuals:
    • 14721 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8063 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3751 are women (20.96%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5137 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2849 NSE-listed companies.
    • 308 individuals holding 369 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 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 541 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 825 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2909  companies, 1088 (37.40%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.59%) 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 1524 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1524 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2050 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 820.46%1718
26 – 35 10545.89%470556
36 – 45 240213.42%9761123
46 – 60 604033.75%21552700
61 – 69 408222.81%24673546
70 – 80 237013.24%14051912
81 – 90 3061.71%114133
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15418.61%771786
TOTAL 17895100.00% 838010779

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13274 (61.48%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8525 (39.48%) more than 6 years; 5762 (26.69%) more than 9 years and 4396 (20.36%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2414 11.18
>1 - <3 YEARS 5904 27.34
>3 - <6 YEARS 4749 21.99
>6 - <9 YEARS 2763 12.80
>9 - <12 YEARS 1366 6.33
> 12 YEARS 4396 20.36
TOTAL 21592 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 64.26% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.03% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.71% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5388 (30.11%) are Management Graduates (of which 812 are IIM graduates).
  • 2054 (11.48%) are Chartered Accountants, 766 (4.28%) are Company Secretaries and 221 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1592 (8.90%) are Lawyers.
  • 266 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3864 (21.59%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9855.50% 13056.04%
POST GRADUATES 988755.25% 1258158.22%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180510.09% 20989.71%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
395422.10% 433620.06%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.59% 1130.52%
SCHOOLING 3672.05% 3751.74%
NOT KNOWN 7924.43% 8023.71%
TOTAL 17895 100.00% 21610100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23017 directorship positions on these 3667 companies, giving an average of 6.28 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<579921.79
5 – 10263671.88
11 – 152216.03
>15110.30
TOTAL3667100.00

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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