*Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, U.K., India
**Research Scholar, Dept. of Psychology, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, U.K., India
Online published on 8 August, 2016.
The present research is conducted to investigate the contribution of emotional intelligence to academic achievement among graduate students. The sample consist of 200 students, 100 each from Hindi and English medium (50-girls and 50 -boys). Emotional Intelligence scale developed by Chadha (2000) is employed and the academic performance is considered as academic achievement. The t-test is employed to analyze the obtained data. Results revealed that no significant difference is found between Hindi medium and English medium students regarding Emotional Quotient whereas, academic achievement is high among English medium students. Also, gender differences are found significant at both variable i.e academic achievement and emotional intelligence.
