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 Theme: Emotional Intelligence (EI); Part – III Emotional Intelligence (EI) in the Indian Context (Reference N. Gayatri and K. Meenakshi, VIT University, Vellore) The Bhagavad-Gita (The Divine Song) considered to be the fifth Veda, is lord Krishna’s moral guidance to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. It is considered the essence of the four Vedas (Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva) (Easwaran, 1995). The Bhagavad-Gita refers to the emotionally intelligence person as a ‘Sthithapragnya ’ (the emotionally stable person). A Sthithapragny, according to Krishna, is one who remains unperturbed in the face of calamity and takes good or evil with equanimity. He is neither happy when something good happens, nor is he affected when things go against him. There are many striking similarities between Krishna’s emotionally stable person (Sthisthapragnya) and Mayer and Salovey’s emotionally intelligent person. Mayer and Salovey list as the skills pertaining to the fourth branch of their abilit...

  Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a multi-dimensional concept which has a significant influence on the behaviour of human beings.   Emotional Intelligence w.r.t. Human Personality   Three components of Human Personality (by Ajay K Jain, MDI, Gurugram) I. Cognition II. Affect III. Conation    Cognition   Cognition refers to an implicit process of knowing the real world and it is related to our rational and logical thinking, learning and remembering, analysis and prediction etc. The concept of intelligence belongs to cognitive aspects of human personality, wherein “Intelligence is the aggregate or global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with the environment.   Affect   Affect refers to the emotional interpretation of perceptions, information or knowledge. It is generally associated with one’s attachment (positive or negative) to people, objects, ideas etc. Mood and feelings ...

  The world is becoming VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) with globalization and technological advancement (digital era). There are hyper competitions, frequent changes, conflicting demands from stakeholders, technological disruption, knowledge-based intervention and customer-driven processes among organizations. Human capital has become a scarce resource. Workplace adaptation, productivity, collaboration and job satisfaction for an employee in an organization have become more complex.   According to a study by World Economic Forum “Skills on-demand beyond 2020 would be complex problem-solving, critical thinking, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, judgment and decision making, service orientation, negotiation and cognitive flexibility."     It specifies Emotional Intelligence (EI) as one of the many vital competencies.      Several research studies have shown that Emotional Intelligence...