Prof. Krushna R. Sawant, Assistant Professor at PIMSR conducted a Session on “Emotional Intelligence: A Dare in the Era of Artificial Intelligence” for the MMS students on 30th August, 2023 at 1:45 p.m. at the Campus Auditorium. 55 students attended the session. Prof. Krushna R Sawant is an accomplished Management Practitioner with over 24 years of professional excellence in Finance, Media & Service Industry She is the Professional Member and Facilitator in Applied Behavioral Sciences with Indian Society for Applied Behavior Sciences (ISABS) for the last 12 years. Prof. Krushna R Sawant is a Psychology and Sociology graduate from St’ Xavier’s College, Mumbai. She has done her Master’s Degree in Labour Studies from Mumbai University and Masters in Business Administration in Marketing from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and Masters in Urdu Literature from Mumbai University. She is professionally qualified Counsellor from Mumbai University and is an accomplished Yoga Therapist and Yoga Practitioner from Yoga Vidya Niketan & SVYASA Yoga University. She is also a certified Life Coach from the International Coach Foundation.
Prof. Sawant began the session by explaining the meaning of emotional intelligence. It is the ability to identify and regulate our own emotions, to recognize the emotions of other people and feel empathy toward them. The lecture also discussed managing emotions , understanding emotions ,perceiving emotions and facilitating through using emotion. Prof. Sawant shared some tips and tricks to build and maintain the emotional intelligence among students. She emphasized the importance of developing listening skills and building the quality of empathy in oneself. The session was was informative and interactive and much appreciated by all the students.