© Associated Asia Research Foundation (AARF) A Monthly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories. Page | 294 PERCEPTIONS OF EMPLOYEES TOWARDS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY Khawaja Mubeenur Rahman and Prashant B. Kalaskar Business Management, Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Computer Application, Pune, India Business Management, Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Computer Application, Pune, India ABSTRACT Employees training help companies as well as employees to improve their performance. Hence, keeping this in mind, the companies are eager to go for the training programs for their employees with regular intervals and the management wants to know the perception of employees towards the provided training and development program. These training programs definitely result in skill enhancement, improved efficiency and productivity and growth opportunities for employees. This paper attempts to study the employees’ perception about training and development programmes in the organization and to know the level of satisfaction of employees after attending their training and to offer suggestions and recommendations for successful implementation of training and development in the organization. This study was conducted after completion of a two weeks training program to know about the perceptions of the employees towards the training program organized for them. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire from 65 employees of the organization. The hypothesis was tested with Friedman Chi Square Test. Keywords: Training, Development, Training & Development, Friedman Chi Square Test, Perceptions of employees International Research Journal of Human Resources and Social Sciences ISSN(O): (2349-4085) ISSN(P): (2394-4218) Impact Factor- 5.414, Volume 5, Issue 03, March 2018 Website- www.aarf.asia , Email : editor@aarf.asia , editoraarf@gmail.com