Background/objectives: 'Stress' has become a common denominator in the life style of urban India. This study aims to examine the role of resilience, hope and stress in well functioning adults. Understanding how these variables operate and affect a person's response is important. Methods & Results: Two hundred individuals with post graduate qualification with minimum 3 years of work experience were included in the study. The Resilience Assessment Questionnaire, The Trait Hope Scale and Perceived Stress Scale were used to assess the level of resilience, hope and perceived stress respectively. Data thus obtained was pooled and statistical analysis was done. Conclusions: Majority of the participants fell in the range of being "Resilient", having mild to moderate level of hope and experiencing average level of stress. Hope along with its sub-factors, especially pathway subscale, significantly predicted resilience. There was no significant relationship observed between resilience and perceived stress.