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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

18056 individuals are on the boards of 2930 NSE-listed companies.

  • These 18056 individuals occupy a total of 23225 directorship positions in 2931 companies listed at NSE and 788 companies listed on BSE.
  • Of these 18056 individuals:
    • 14860 hold only 1 directorship each in companies listed on NSE & BSE.
    • 8163 hold only independent directorship positions in NSE-listed companies.
    • only 3798 are women (21.03%) (Click here for details), occupying a total of 5197 directorships. There is at least one woman on the board of 2869 NSE-listed companies.
    • 308 individuals holding 369 directorship positions in NSE-listed companies are foreign nationals. Click here for details.
    • 218 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 821 directorships in NSE-listed companies. Click here for details.
  • Of 2930  companies, 1089 (37.17%) have a Non-Executive Chairman, of which 409 (37.56%) 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 1529 individuals are above 70 years.
  • 17 individual/s who are below 25 years hold 18 independent directorship positions. Click here for details.
  • 1529 individual/s who are above 70 years hold 2058 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 820.45%1718
26 – 35 10615.88%471559
36 – 45 241913.40%9881135
46 – 60 609033.73%21782725
61 – 69 409822.70%24753555
70 – 80 237313.14%14111921
81 – 90 3061.69%113132
> 90 180.10%55
NOT KNOWN 16098.91%825837
TOTAL 18056100.00% 848310887

Distribution Summary by Tenure of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • Tenure of 13425 (61.70%) Directorship Positions is more than 3 years; 8617 (39.60%) more than 6 years; 5825 (26.77%) more than 9 years and 4427 (20.35%) more than 12 years. Maximum tenure is 69 years.
 Tenure No. of Directorships  % 
< 1 YEAR 2434 11.19
>1 - <3 YEARS 5899 27.11
>3 - <6 YEARS 4808 22.10
>6 - <9 YEARS 2792 12.83
>9 - <12 YEARS 1398 6.43
> 12 YEARS 4427 20.35
TOTAL 21758 100.00%

Distribution Summary by Education of Directors in NSE-listed companies

  • 63.60% of Directorship positions are held by post-graduates (and above). Conversely, 32.48% of Directorship positions are held by graduates or below. Educational Qualifications pertaining to 3.92% of Directorship positions is not known.
  • 5415 (29.99%) are Management Graduates (of which 814 are IIM graduates).
  • 2067 (11.45%) are Chartered Accountants, 779 (4.31%) are Company Secretaries and 217 (1.20%) are Cost Accountants.
  • 1608 (8.91%) are Lawyers.
  • 269 (1.49%) are Medical Doctors.
  • 3878 (21.48%) are Engineers.
Highest Level of Education No. of Directors  %  No. of Directorship Positions Held  % 
DOCTORATES 9895.48% 13156.04%
POST GRADUATES 986954.66% 1253357.56%
TECHNICAL GRADUATES
(B.E.,B.TECH.,M.B.B.S.,LL.B.)
182010.08% 21159.71%
GENERAL GRADUATES
(B.A., B.COM. ETC.)
405522.46% 446320.50%
UNDERGRADUATES 1050.58% 1130.52%
SCHOOLING 3732.07% 3811.75%
NOT KNOWN 8454.68% 8533.92%
TOTAL 18056 100.00% 21773100.00%

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

  • There are a total of 23225 directorship positions on these 3719 companies, giving an average of 6.24 directors per company.
  • The maximum number of directors in any company is 25 (GMR AIRPORTS LTD.).
No. of Directors No. of Companies  % 
<582222.10
5 – 10266571.66
11 – 152215.94
>15110.30
TOTAL3719100.00

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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