author(s)
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Devesh Thakur and Ankaj Thakur

abstract
The present study was conducted to assess perceived in- service training needs of the Veterinary officers serving the state animal husbandry department in Northern state of Himachal Pradesh. Sixty-five field veterinarians responded positively to the online data collection request. The respondents were asked to express their training need on a Likert scale of 1 to 5 (5 indicating higher intensity of training need). The findings of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were in their early to mid-phase of their professional career. "Advancements in Clinical Skills", "Gynaecological advancements", Departmental Procedures and administration", "Disease treatment protocols" and " Diagnostic techniques/laboratory techniques” were the top most ranked subjects/ topics with training need indices of 0.98, 0.96, 0.95, 0.94, & 0.93 respectively. "Statistical & epidemiological software", "Human resource management", "Veterinary Epidemiology", "Farm animal management" & "ICT tools for Animal Husbandry Extension" were the bottom ranks with training need indices of 0.80, 0.84, 0.85, 0.85 and 0.86 respectively. The assessment of the training needs should be basis for planning appropriate in service training programmes to enhance the work efficiency of the state veterinarians.