Achievement is not simply the success, but is honest endeavour, persistent effort to do the best possible under any circumstances. All personal achievements start in the mind of the individual. Emotional intelligence plays a vital role and acts as a driving force that influences the success, achievement and happiness of all human beings in all fields. This holds good well in the life of the students too. The success of the students in their academic and non- academic performance depends more on their level of emotional intelligence than their intelligent quotient.
Only when the students are well aware of personal competencies related to knowing and managing emotions within self and the social competencies related to others, they could develop their level of emotional intelligence skills that are essential to become aware of self, understand, empathize and negotiate with others. To substantiate the fact, an attempt is made in this paper to access the level of emotional intelligence of the students of Women Arts and Science Colleges in Tiruchirappalli Town