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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

17396 individuals are on the boards of 2821 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17396 individuals occupy a total of 22452 directorship positions in 2821 companies listed at NSE and 760 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17396 individuals:
    • 14265 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7893 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3620 are women (20.81%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4968 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2767 NSE-listed companies.
    • 289 individuals holding 354 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 217 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 822 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2821  companies, 1053 (37.33%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 391 (37.13%) 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 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1468 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1468 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1978 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 690.40%1212
26 – 35 10856.24%494581
36 – 45 236513.60%9691109
46 – 60 608134.96%22532796
61 – 69 406223.35%24743522
70 – 80 226313.01%13571850
81 – 90 2881.66%105122
> 90 230.13%66
NOT KNOWN 11606.67%553557
TOTAL 17396100.00% 822310555

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12693 (60.34%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8306 (39.48%) more than 6 years; 5536 (26.32%) more than 9 years and 4243 (20.17%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2459 11.69
>1 - <3 YEARS 5884 27.97
>3 - <6 YEARS 4387 20.85
>6 - <9 YEARS 2770 13.17
>9 - <12 YEARS 1293 6.15
> 12 YEARS 4243 20.17
TOTAL 21036 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.48% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.99% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.53% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5201 (29.90%) are Management Graduates (of which 798 are IIM graduates).
  • 1998 (11.49%) are Chartered Accountants, 725 (4.17%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1556 (8.94%) are Lawyers.
  • 276 (1.59%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3731 (21.45%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9725.59% 12906.13%
POST GRADUATES 926853.28% 1185456.35%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183110.53% 213010.13%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
413723.78% 455021.63%
UNDERGRADUATES 1040.60% 1120.53%
SCHOOLING 3512.02% 3581.70%
NOT KNOWN 7334.21% 7423.53%
TOTAL 17396 100.00% 21036100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 22452 directorship positions on these 3581 companies, giving an average of 6.27 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<580522.48
5 – 10252270.43
11 – 152416.73
>15130.36
TOTAL3581100.00

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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