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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

17847 individuals are on the boards of 2904 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17847 individuals occupy a total of 22935 directorship positions in 2905 companies listed at NSE and 757 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17847 individuals:
    • 14691 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8037 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3737 are women (20.94%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5108 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2840 NSE-listed companies.
    • 310 individuals holding 371 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 211 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 535 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 816 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2904  companies, 1086 (37.40%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 408 (37.57%) 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.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1519 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1519 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2041 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 810.45%1617
26 – 35 10545.91%470557
36 – 45 239913.44%9741118
46 – 60 602033.73%21502690
61 – 69 407322.82%24603530
70 – 80 236713.26%14011904
81 – 90 3041.70%113132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 15318.58%767778
TOTAL 17847100.00% 835610731

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13253 (61.59%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8515 (39.57%) more than 6 years; 5747 (26.71%) more than 9 years and 4385 (20.38%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2370 11.01
>1 - <3 YEARS 5895 27.40
>3 - <6 YEARS 4738 22.02
>6 - <9 YEARS 2768 12.86
>9 - <12 YEARS 1362 6.33
> 12 YEARS 4385 20.38
TOTAL 21518 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.42% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.57% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.01% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5360 (30.03%) are Management Graduates (of which 811 are IIM graduates).
  • 2041 (11.44%) are Chartered Accountants, 759 (4.25%) are Company Secretaries and 220 (1.23%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1578 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
  • 267 (1.50%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3828 (21.45%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9765.47% 12936.00%
POST GRADUATES 970154.36% 1236757.42%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
180210.10% 20959.73%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
404022.64% 442920.57%
UNDERGRADUATES 1040.58% 1120.52%
SCHOOLING 3682.06% 3761.75%
NOT KNOWN 8564.80% 8644.01%
TOTAL 17847 100.00% 21536100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22935 directorship positions on these 3662 companies, giving an average of 6.26 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<580321.93
5 – 10262771.74
11 – 152216.03
>15110.30
TOTAL3662100.00

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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