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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

16202 individuals are on the boards of 2598 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 16202 individuals occupy a total of 20306 directorship positions in 2598 companies listed at NSE and 439 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 16202 individuals:
    • 13619 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7387 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3321 are women (20.50%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4397 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2546 NSE-listed companies.
    • 268 individuals holding 325 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 147 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 15 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 516 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 756 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2598  companies, 1002 (38.57%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 363 (36.23%) 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 20 years (MR.ABHAV K.KUMAR) and the oldest is 96 years (MR.MAHENDRA RATILAL MEHTA). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1319 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 17 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1319 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1797 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 660.41%1617
26 – 35 9055.59%414486
36 – 45 193211.92%770889
46 – 60 536433.11%19602456
61 – 69 366222.60%21933104
70 – 80 204112.60%12151679
81 – 90 2691.66%100114
> 90 210.13%44
NOT KNOWN 194211.99%10311053
TOTAL 16202100.00% 77039802

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 11850 (60.64%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7792 (39.88%) more than 6 years; 5263 (26.93%) more than 9 years and 4000 (20.47%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2852 14.60
>1 - <3 YEARS 4838 24.76
>3 - <6 YEARS 4058 20.77
>6 - <9 YEARS 2529 12.94
>9 - <12 YEARS 1263 6.46
> 12 YEARS 4000 20.47
TOTAL 19540 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.70% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.29% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.01% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 4777 (29.48%) are Management Graduates (of which 742 are IIM graduates).
  • 1823 (11.25%) are Chartered Accountants, 630 (3.89%) are Company Secretaries and 204 (1.26%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1432 (8.84%) are Lawyers.
  • 231 (1.43%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3424 (21.13%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 8955.52% 11746.01%
POST GRADUATES 868253.59% 1107756.69%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
162510.03% 18959.70%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
381723.56% 419621.47%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.62% 1080.55%
SCHOOLING 3041.88% 3061.57%
NOT KNOWN 7794.81% 7844.01%
TOTAL 16202 100.00% 19540100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 20306 directorship positions on these 3037 companies, giving an average of 6.69 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<549416.27
5 – 10228475.21
11 – 152468.10
>15130.43
TOTAL3037100.00

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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