ABSTRACT: Human being is a social animal. According to Aristotle, the Social life or the Society is something that precedes the individual. Emotional intelligence plays a major role in an individual, for a successful social life. Life of an individual are not always smooth, there can be stressful situations or crisis. Resilience refers to the ability of a person to adapt and bounce back in times of adversity. A person can cope and bounce back from an adversity, only when he develops resilience. Even though many previous research have proved that a person having higher Emotional intelligence will be able to develop higher resilience in adverse life situations. The current research studies on the role of Emotional Intelligence on Resilience among young adults during the Covid 19 Pandemic, which is one of the worst disaster of today’s world. The study is carried out with sample of 109 young adults, inclusive of both Gender between the age group of 18-25. The study was carried out in the state of Tamilnadu which is one of the Covid-19 worst hit area in India. Data was collected with the respective questionnaires. Nicholson McBride Resilience questionnaire (NMRQ) developed by McBride (2010) and Schutte Self report Emotional Intelligence test (SSEIT) developed by Dr.NicolaSchutte. The statistical analysis such as Correlation and Regression revealed significant relationships between Emotional Intelligence and Resilience among young adults. Hence the study concludes that being resilient requires one to be emotionally intelligent and become emotionally resilient even during this pandemic tough time. A numerous methods and strategies are discussed in this paper on improving the Emotional Intelligence of Young adults and thereby their Resilience. The study contributes to the literature knowledge on the relationship of Emotional Intelligence and Resilience among young adults during Covid -19 Pandemic.

Keywords: Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, Covid -19 Pandemic

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.8818