GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

Emotional Intelligence is an essential ingredient for successful implementation of pandemic induced emergency response. Comment in the light of COVID-19 pandemic.

Answered by 5 toppers · CSE 2021

Syllabus: Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.

How toppers approached it

From all 5 answers · about 130 words · 60% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • A definition80%
  • No separate opening20%

Body

  • Points and prose60%
  • Points40%

Close

  • A summary60%
  • No separate close20%
  • A way forward20%

The toppers’ answers

Gamini SinglaAIR 3 · CSE 2021 · 142 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a definition

Emotional intelligence refers to the process of being able to use one's emotions to serve positive ends rather than curbing one's efficiency

Body · points and prose

Diagram
- Different emotions dominating during Pandemic - Fear of infection - Panic (migrant crises) - Anger on flaunting of lockdowns - Empathy towards dying mesh - Love for family

Successful implementation of emergency response

  1. Use of one's emotions effectively

a) sympathy towards migrants → efforts to ensure food for them

eg community kitchens in Kerala

  1. Prioritising public good over private interests → Doctors had to overcome feelings of love by staying away from children

  2. Avoiding panic - as done in Bhilwara model by Rajendra Bhatt when threats of Bhilwara being another Italy were raised

  3. Using grief to work - ie emotional resilience - karma doctrine as guiding force

Close · a way forward

eg many civil servants were back on duty within few days of losing their near-dear ones.

Government must ensure adequate emotional intelligence trainings take place to make all resilient and being able to control any emotional outburst

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