The present study was intended to study the correlation between two important life skills i.e. social maturity and emotional intelligence. The World Health Organization (WHO) had underscored 10 important life skills. Inter-personal relationship and emotional maturity are two important life skills which are extremely important especially for adolescents to shape their future life. A sample of 664 students (346 boys and 318 girls of IX standard drawn from 16 schools 8 urban and 8 rural) were selected randomly from Nagpur District of the Maharashtra State. A standardized scale development by Nalini Rao was used to collect the data regarding social maturity of students and standardized scale developed by S.K. Mangal and Shurbra Mangal was used to collect data regarding emotional intelligence of the adolescents. Coefficient of correlation were computed in order to find out correlation between social maturity and emotional intelligence. A significant correlation was found to exist between social maturity and emotional intelligence of the adolescents. 

KEYWORDS: Social Maturity, Emotional Intelligence, Coefficient of Correlation.