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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

17387 individuals are on the boards of 2817 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17387 individuals occupy a total of 21897 directorship positions in 2818 companies listed at NSE and 494 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17387 individuals:
    • 14565 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7893 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3613 are women (20.78%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4791 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2766 NSE-listed companies.
    • 288 individuals holding 352 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 184 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 538 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 819 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2817  companies, 1052 (37.34%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 391 (37.17%) 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). 13 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1457 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 13 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 13 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1457 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1968 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 680.39%1313
26 – 35 10616.10%483570
36 – 45 232413.37%9491089
46 – 60 602034.62%22372781
61 – 69 403223.19%24593505
70 – 80 224312.90%13451839
81 – 90 2891.66%106123
> 90 230.13%66
NOT KNOWN 13277.63%626631
TOTAL 17387100.00% 822410557

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12665 (60.23%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8297 (39.46%) more than 6 years; 5535 (26.32%) more than 9 years and 4241 (20.17%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2471 11.75
>1 - <3 YEARS 5890 28.01
>3 - <6 YEARS 4368 20.77
>6 - <9 YEARS 2762 13.14
>9 - <12 YEARS 1294 6.15
> 12 YEARS 4241 20.17
TOTAL 21026 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.19% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.66% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.15% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5181 (29.80%) are Management Graduates (of which 797 are IIM graduates).
  • 1995 (11.47%) are Chartered Accountants, 724 (4.16%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1539 (8.85%) are Lawyers.
  • 269 (1.55%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3711 (21.34%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9625.53% 12796.08%
POST GRADUATES 921252.98% 1179856.11%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
181510.44% 211510.06%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
409123.53% 450421.42%
UNDERGRADUATES 1030.59% 1110.53%
SCHOOLING 3391.95% 3461.65%
NOT KNOWN 8654.97% 8734.15%
TOTAL 17387 100.00% 21026100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21897 directorship positions on these 3312 companies, giving an average of 6.61 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<555316.70
5 – 10250275.54
11 – 152447.37
>15130.39
TOTAL3312100.00

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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