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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

16053 individuals are on the boards of 2590 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 16053 individuals occupy a total of 20162 directorship positions in 2590 companies listed at NSE and 420 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 16053 individuals:
    • 13468 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7263 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3299 are women (20.55%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4375 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2528 NSE-listed companies.
    • 269 individuals holding 331 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 153 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 18 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 517 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 761 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2590  companies, 1002 (38.69%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 361 (36.03%) 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.DEVENDRA KUMAR JAIN). 15 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1325 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 15 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1325 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1800 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 680.42%1516
26 – 35 9175.71%424504
36 – 45 192612.00%757873
46 – 60 538033.51%19352430
61 – 69 364022.67%21843087
70 – 80 203312.66%12181682
81 – 90 2731.70%104115
> 90 190.12%33
NOT KNOWN 179711.19%953976
TOTAL 16053100.00% 75939686

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 11753 (60.54%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7744 (39.89%) more than 6 years; 5300 (27.30%) more than 9 years and 4009 (20.65%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 75 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 3013 15.52
>1 - <3 YEARS 4647 23.94
>3 - <6 YEARS 4009 20.65
>6 - <9 YEARS 2444 12.59
>9 - <12 YEARS 1291 6.65
> 12 YEARS 4009 20.65
TOTAL 19413 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.61% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.38% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.01% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 4715 (29.37%) are Management Graduates (of which 733 are IIM graduates).
  • 1796 (11.19%) are Chartered Accountants, 614 (3.82%) are Company Secretaries and 194 (1.21%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1406 (8.76%) are Lawyers.
  • 224 (1.40%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3385 (21.09%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 8905.54% 11716.03%
POST GRADUATES 857553.42% 1098356.58%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
161110.04% 18849.70%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
380223.68% 418421.55%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.62% 1090.56%
SCHOOLING 3021.88% 3041.57%
NOT KNOWN 7734.82% 7784.01%
TOTAL 16053 100.00% 19413100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 20162 directorship positions on these 3010 companies, giving an average of 6.70 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 21 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<547915.91
5 – 10228475.88
11 – 152357.81
>15120.40
TOTAL3010100.00

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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