NIRMA UNIVERISTY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY VOL. 6, N0. 1, JAN-JUL 2018 26 Abstract—Emotional intelligence or emotional quotient (EQ) is progressing area for research. EQ means intelligence of emotions, how smartly you work with your as well as other’s emotions describes your emotional intelligence. It was traced in 1995 after which it started capturing its importance in various fields. This paper reviews the role of EQ in an engineer’s life and reveals some real-life statistics of EQ obtained from the survey. We took a survey of 224 engineers to get the present scenario of EQ in our society and 24 managers from multinational companies to get the idea of what they are expecting from their fresher. An engineer must own skills like effective leadership, communication, teamwork, and relationship management. Overall this paper signifies the utility of EQ in an engineer’s professional life. It aims at bringing awareness about EQ among the civilization. Index Terms— Emotional Intelligence; Emotional Quotient; Emotions; Interpersonal skills; Intrapersonal skills; survey. I. INTRODUCTION motion can be defined as a state of feeling arising due to various thoughts, psychological changes, behavior or expression. In earlier days, reasoning skills and logical thinking were the only parameters to judge the intelligence of a person but then in 1998 gardener made a captivating question which was like, “If there were no IQ tests then how would the intelligence level measured?” This inspired many researchers to think one step ahead and that is how “Emotional intelligence (EQ) came into existence. Before 1995, Emotions were not considered in the study of intelligence. But after the advent of “Emotional Intelligence”, it was taken into consideration. Human beings have the ability to express their feelings and thoughts resulting from their verbal or non-verbal behavior. Emotions have a substantial effect on individual’s personal as well as professional life. Emotional Intelligence can be defined as the skill of understanding own feelings as well as recognizing other’s feelings and guiding them in such a way that it leads to progress in personal and professional life. It is the skill to deal with emotions in a smart way. Emotional Intelligence is catching the vision of industries, Manuscript received September 05, 2017; revised April 27, 2018; accepted July 25, 2018. Kajal yadav is working with Electrical & Automation company of Larsen & Toubro Pvt. Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (e-mail: yadavkajal27@gmail.com). Sefali shah is the final year student at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. (e-mail: sefali16995@gmail.com). Prof. Rachna Sharma is with the Electronics and communication Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. (e-mail: rachna.sharma@nirmauni.ac.in). scientists, and the public. Emotional intelligence is the ability of a person to know, evaluate and control his emotions in a positive manner such that it brings to his success and happiness. Emotional Intelligence does not depend on gender, institutions but socio-economic status has its effect on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) [6]. Emotions are an integral part of the mankind, so EQ plays a vital role in one’ s personal life as well as the carrier. Intelligence is the representation of your emotions in a highly sensible way. You make your emotions work as per your control in order to lead a successful life. Intelligence quotient (IQ) term is known to all of us but very few persons are aware of the term “EQ”. Emotional Quotient (EQ) is a union of interpersonal and intrapersonal skills whose adoption allows an individual to progress in his/her career. EQ focuses on both professional as well as personal progress. We know our well-known scientist Einstein, who is known for his numerous researches in physics. He had a very good level of IQ (160-190) but did not possess a good level of EQ. Due to IQ, he earned fame in this field of research but he could not keep up equally with personal life due to poor Emotional skills. Thus, he could not become successful on both the sides i.e., personal and professional. On the other hand, we know Mahatma Gandhi, freedom fighter whose ultimate goal was to make India independent from British rule. His family life and professional life both were good because he had a good level of EQ. though there were no EQ tests those days we know which skills he had. Some of those were Empathy, effective communication, self-awareness, and self-regulation. These skills reflected the level of his EQ and he led a successful life being good at EQ. II. COMPONENTS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE The components of Emotional Intelligence are those basic qualities based on which EQ Level of a person is decided. The Emotional intelligence can be categorized into five major aspects. They are: A. Self-Awareness It can be defined as the ability to understand one’s own strengths, weakness, threats, emotions, moods and their impacts on other people [7]. B. Self-Management It involves managing or controlling one’s own emotions. It will help to keep away all the bad feelings and adapting to the circumstances by moving in the desired direction with the team [7]. EQ for Engineers: Emotional Intelligence in Engineering Kajal Yadav, Sefali Shah, Rachna Sharma E