Intelligence involves various mental abilities including logical reasoning, planning, problem solving and ability to handle difficult and complicated life situations. Subject of intelligence is one of the heavily researched subjects and it is also one of the most controversial one. It is the ability of logical reasoning, understanding, self-awareness, planning, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. In general, intelligence can be described as ability to perceive or infer information and retain it as knowledge towards adoptive behavior to solve real life problems. If one cannot solve practical problems of life, he or she cannot be said to be intelligent.

Intelligence can be divided into practical, creative and analytical. It can also be classified into mental, social, emotional and spiritual intelligence. Social intelligence is required and is very useful for various leadership positions and involves understanding intricacy of social situations and inter-personal relationships and how to behave most appropriately in a given situation. Emotional intelligence, on the other hand, is one’s ability to know or be aware of emotions in self and others and build sound relationships, monitor and control emotions as per demand of the situation. Spiritual or existential intelligence is fundamental to the intelligence profile of an individual as it provides moral or ethical compass to him/her in his/her day to day behavior and decipher between wrong and right, ethical and unethical acts.

If we can map different type of intelligence in an individual, we can plan suitable developmental interventions to improve intelligence other than the mental one and facilitate development of internally driven or self driven personality for success in life with peace and happiness. ‘Prayas’ focuses on development of social, emotional and spiritual intelligence in participants of its personality development programs and thereby facilitates human resource development