Educational Quest: An Int. J. of Education and Applied Social Science: Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 743-750, December 2017 DOI: 10.5958/2230-7311.2017.00130.1 ©2017 New Delhi Publishers. All rights reserved Predictors of Academic Performance: Emotional Intelligence and Stream among Graduate Students Manish Agrawal 1* and Md Nehajul SK 2 1 Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 2 Department of English, Women’s College, Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India *Corresponding author: manish05agrawal@gmail.com ABSTRACT The present study is aimed to evaluate the predictors of Academic Performance. In this study, Emotional Intelligence and Stream are the forecasters of Academic Performance. This research was carried out on a sample of 207 students enrolled in the graduate courses of Aligarh District. A standardized scale was used to collect data which were analyzed using Product moment correlation (r), t-test, ANOVA, and Multiple Regression Analysis. The fnal year marks of the Graduate students were taken as the measurement of Academic Performance of the students. The results reveal that there is a signifcant positive correlation between Emotional Intelligence and the Academic Performance. Their gender does not much infuence the students’ Academic Performance, but Girls’ Academic Performance is beter than that of boys. Girls have higher Emotional intelligence rather than that of boys. There is no signifcant diference in Academic Performance and Emotional Intelligence between Arts and Social Science Students, while there exists a signifcant diference in Academic Performance and Emotional Intelligence between Arts and Science Students and Social Science and Science Students. It confrms that Emotional Intelligence has a great signifcant positive impact on Academic Performance while Stream has a minimal role in predicting Academic Performance. Keywords: Academic Performance, Emotional Intelligence, Stream, Gender In this fast growing world, everyone is facing challenges and perspiring to ameliorate his performance because it exhibits the quality and recognition. Performance is how well one has done an assigned task. Academic Performance is the academic accomplishment of the students which is measured by their outcomes. It is multifaceted construct comprising of different domains of learning like critical thinking, understanding, literacy, and numeracy. Academic performance of a student is evaluated or measured using diferent standardized assessment tests. A student’s academic future and career mostly depends on his or her academic performance. On the extensive level, academic performance of a student also paves the path of prosperity for any country. “The responsibility of academic institutions to produce holistically developed graduates puts intensifed pressure on the school administrators to raise students’ achievement levels and atain academic success. In several learning organizations, it is the students’ academic excellence that is given a rightful recognition. They are named academic scholars while others distinguish them as top-performing students” (Bance & Acopio, B. 2016). Academic performance depends on many diferent factors like student’s cognitive abilities, emotional intelligence, socio-economic status, school environments, home environments, curriculum, and instructional materials. Different research studies have asserted that emotional intelligence of the students plays a crucial role in their academic performance. In this Era, Adolescents are facing throat cuting competition in Education. They face stress, disturbance, anxiety, and even depression.