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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

17261 individuals are on the boards of 2800 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 17261 individuals occupy a total of 21694 directorship positions in 2801 companies listed at NSE and 470 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 17261 individuals:
    • 14491 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 7838 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3589 are women (20.79%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 4753 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2749 NSE-listed companies.
    • 283 individuals holding 346 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 174 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 1 person holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 539 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 804 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2800  companies, 1047 (37.39%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 390 (37.25%) 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.MOHD.ASJAD) and the oldest is 103 years (MR.YOGESH ARVIND BHUVA). 12 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1450 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 12 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 12 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1450 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 1954 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 660.38%1212
26 – 35 10496.08%481569
36 – 45 231013.38%9411075
46 – 60 602434.90%22402783
61 – 69 401823.28%24523480
70 – 80 223112.93%13361823
81 – 90 2871.66%108125
> 90 240.14%66
NOT KNOWN 12527.25%599604
TOTAL 17261100.00% 817510477

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 12602 (60.42%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8220 (39.41%) more than 6 years; 5506 (26.40%) more than 9 years and 4220 (20.23%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 68 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2440 11.70
>1 - <3 YEARS 5814 27.88
>3 - <6 YEARS 4382 21.01
>6 - <9 YEARS 2714 13.01
>9 - <12 YEARS 1286 6.17
> 12 YEARS 4220 20.23
TOTAL 20856 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 62.08% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 33.70% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 4.22% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5127 (29.70%) are Management Graduates (of which 789 are IIM graduates).
  • 1977 (11.45%) are Chartered Accountants, 714 (4.14%) are Company Secretaries and 216 (1.25%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1528 (8.85%) are Lawyers.
  • 262 (1.52%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3663 (21.22%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9575.54% 12666.07%
POST GRADUATES 912152.84% 1168156.01%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
179010.37% 208610.00%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
408323.65% 449221.54%
UNDERGRADUATES 1000.58% 1080.52%
SCHOOLING 3361.95% 3431.64%
NOT KNOWN 8745.06% 8804.22%
TOTAL 17261 100.00% 20856100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 21694 directorship positions on these 3271 companies, giving an average of 6.63 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<552716.11
5 – 10249576.28
11 – 152377.25
>15120.37
TOTAL3271100.00

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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