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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

16295 individuals are on the boards of 2611 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 16295 individuals occupy a total of 20433 directorship positions in 2611 companies listed at NSE and 440 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 16295 individuals:
    • 13690 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7427 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3349 are women (20.55%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4434 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2558 NSE-listed companies.
    • 265 individuals holding 322 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 148 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 15 persons holding 7 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 515 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 764 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2611  companies, 1010 (38.68%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 369 (36.53%) 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). 16 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1396 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 16 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 16 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1396 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1883 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 720.44%1616
26 – 35 9976.12%464537
36 – 45 211612.99%866992
46 – 60 579635.57%21452651
61 – 69 394324.20%24273356
70 – 80 213213.08%12881761
81 – 90 2691.65%104118
> 90 200.12%44
NOT KNOWN 9505.83%443445
TOTAL 16295100.00% 77579880

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 11935 (60.68%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 7849 (39.91%) more than 6 years; 5287 (26.88%) more than 9 years and 4017 (20.42%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 76 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2846 14.47
>1 - <3 YEARS 4887 24.85
>3 - <6 YEARS 4086 20.77
>6 - <9 YEARS 2562 13.03
>9 - <12 YEARS 1270 6.46
> 12 YEARS 4017 20.42
TOTAL 19668 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 61.51% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 34.68% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.81% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 4827 (29.62%) are Management Graduates (of which 747 are IIM graduates).
  • 1847 (11.33%) are Chartered Accountants, 637 (3.91%) are Company Secretaries and 213 (1.31%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1448 (8.89%) are Lawyers.
  • 237 (1.45%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3444 (21.14%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9075.57% 11976.09%
POST GRADUATES 852552.32% 1090055.42%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
170110.44% 197710.05%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
401624.65% 443322.54%
UNDERGRADUATES 1010.62% 1090.55%
SCHOOLING 3011.85% 3031.54%
NOT KNOWN 7444.57% 7493.81%
TOTAL 16295 100.00% 19668100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 20433 directorship positions on these 3051 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  % 
<549416.19
5 – 10230175.42
11 – 152448.00
>15120.39
TOTAL3051100.00

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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