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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

18053 individuals are on the boards of 2935 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18053 individuals occupy a total of 23296 directorship positions in 2935 companies listed at NSE and 812 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18053 individuals:
    • 14807 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8155 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3795 are women (21.02%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5222 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2873 NSE-listed companies.
    • 310 individuals holding 373 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 222 individuals hold 5 or more than 5 directorships in companies listed on NSE & BSE, with 3 persons holding 8 directorships. Click here for details.
    • 540 individuals are from Civil Services, occupying a total of 823 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2935  companies, 1090 (37.14%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 408 (37.43%) 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 19 years (MR.VIDHAN DHARIWAL) and the oldest is 95 years (DR.(MR.) KUSHAL PAL SINGH). 17 individual/s are below the age of 25 years and 1538 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1538 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2066 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 830.46%1718
26 – 35 10765.96%477563
36 – 45 246213.64%10061155
46 – 60 614734.05%22022754
61 – 69 411722.81%24923583
70 – 80 238613.22%14191929
81 – 90 3071.70%114132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 14578.07%746762
TOTAL 18053100.00% 847810901

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13439 (61.69%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8625 (39.59%) more than 6 years; 5841 (26.81%) more than 9 years and 4435 (20.36%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2431 11.16
>1 - <3 YEARS 5915 27.15
>3 - <6 YEARS 4814 22.10
>6 - <9 YEARS 2784 12.78
>9 - <12 YEARS 1406 6.45
> 12 YEARS 4435 20.36
TOTAL 21785 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.86% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.62% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.52% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5451 (30.19%) are Management Graduates (of which 818 are IIM graduates).
  • 2076 (11.50%) are Chartered Accountants, 783 (4.34%) are Company Secretaries and 218 (1.21%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1621 (8.98%) are Lawyers.
  • 270 (1.50%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3904 (21.63%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9955.51% 13266.08%
POST GRADUATES 991154.90% 1259557.78%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
183210.15% 21309.77%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
407422.57% 448420.57%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.58% 1130.52%
SCHOOLING 3762.08% 3841.76%
NOT KNOWN 7604.21% 7683.52%
TOTAL 18053 100.00% 21800100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23296 directorship positions on these 3747 companies, giving an average of 6.22 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<584422.52
5 – 10267171.28
11 – 152215.90
>15110.29
TOTAL3747100.00

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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