The study demonstrates how business schools can enhance Emotional Intelligence (EI) of their graduates by imparting experiential learning through a specially designed training and development module on EI. Five dimensions of EI were measured before and after imparting experiential learning on EI to 27 second year MBA students in a business school. Weisinger's EI Instrument for developing EI was used for measurement. Statistical analysis through t-test and paired t-test established that EI can be enhanced through well-designed experiential learning modules. There was a significant difference between the EI scores of the respondents, after the experiential learning intervention.

Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been an evolving area in Human Resource Management (HRM). Industries are now giving a lot of importance to EI, and are expecting new business graduates to be equipped with this competence. The importance of EI is evident in present-day recruitment processes and practices. There is pressure on B-Schools to prepare their graduates for better placements, helping them acquire higher interpersonal skills to lead a successful life after placement. It is believed that EI has tremendous potential for teachers and educationalists as well. If the main objective of education is to make students better human beings, training the students to be emotionally competent demands a lot of attention. For assisting students for successful careers, teachers and educators need to incorporate EI skills along with technical skills in the business curriculum. EI training material needs to be carefully developed for ensuring effective reception by the students, using sessions that are experiential.

Motivation for this study came from studies made by Tucker et al. (2000) and Goleman (1996). The first study reflected that an empirical longitudinal study could assess whether changes in student EI occur as a result of carefully designed training activities. The second study pointed out that EI could be a developable trait or competency.

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