diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 396c538..c357c26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,7 +162,25 @@ val tsvReader = csvReader {
     escapeChar = '\\'
 }
 ```
+#### Listening Interface for Skipped Row Events
+```kotlin
+csvReader {
+    excessFieldsRowBehaviour = ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour.IGNORE
+    insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour = InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour.IGNORE
+    onSkippedEvent = skipNotification {
+        listeners["id"] = SkipNotify { println(it) }
+    }
+}
+```
 
+* skipNotification - builder function for creating notification listener
+* listeners `Mutable<String, ISkippedRow>` - map of listener function to be notified 
+* `SkipNotify` - functional interface template
+```kotlin
+fun interface SkipNotify {
+    fun onSkipped(row: SkippedRow)
+}
+```
 | Option                         | default value | description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 |--------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | logger                         | _no-op_       | Logger instance for logging debug information at runtime.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
@@ -175,6 +193,7 @@ val tsvReader = csvReader {
 | ~~skipMissMatchedRow~~         | `false`       | Deprecated. Replace with appropriate values in `excessFieldsRowBehaviour` and `insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour`, e.g. both set to `IGNORE`. ~~Whether to skip an invalid row. If `ignoreExcessCols` is true, only rows with less than the expected number of columns will be skipped.~~ |
 | excessFieldsRowBehaviour       | `ERROR`       | Behaviour to use when a row has more fields (columns) than expected. `ERROR` (default), `IGNORE` (skip the row) or `TRIM` (remove the excess fields at the end of the row to match the expected number of fields).                                                                     |
 | insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour | `ERROR`       | Behaviour to use when a row has fewer fields (columns) than expected. `ERROR` (default), `IGNORE` (skip the row) or `EMPTY_STRING` (replace missing fields with an empty string).                                                                                                      |
+| onSkippedEvent                 | `null`        | A pluggable Interface on listening when skipping either an insufficient or an excess number of fields.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 
 ### CSV Write examples
 
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvFileReader.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvFileReader.kt
index 3577ab0..c6f73e5 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvFileReader.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvFileReader.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.client
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context.CsvReaderContext
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context.ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context.InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour
+import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip.SkipType
+import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip.SkippedRow
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.parser.CsvParser
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.CSVAutoRenameFailedException
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.CSVFieldNumDifferentException
@@ -55,13 +57,13 @@ class CsvFileReader internal constructor(
                     logger.info("trimming excess rows. [csv row num = ${idx + 1}, fields num = ${row.size}, fields num of row = $numFieldsInRow]")
                     row.subList(0, numFieldsInRow)
                 } else if (ctx.skipMissMatchedRow || ctx.excessFieldsRowBehaviour == ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour.IGNORE) {
-                    skipMismatchedRow(idx, row, numFieldsInRow)
+                    skipMismatchedRow(idx, row, numFieldsInRow, SkipType.ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour)
                 } else {
                     throw CSVFieldNumDifferentException(numFieldsInRow, row.size, idx + 1)
                 }
             } else if (numFieldsInRow != row.size) {
                 if (ctx.skipMissMatchedRow || ctx.insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour == InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour.IGNORE) {
-                    skipMismatchedRow(idx, row, numFieldsInRow)
+                    skipMismatchedRow(idx, row, numFieldsInRow, SkipType.InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour)
                 } else if (ctx.insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour == InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour.EMPTY_STRING) {
                     val numOfMissingFields = numFieldsInRow - row.size
                     row.plus(List(numOfMissingFields) { "" })
@@ -77,9 +79,13 @@ class CsvFileReader internal constructor(
     private fun skipMismatchedRow(
         idx: Int,
         row: List<String>,
-        numFieldsInRow: Int
+        numFieldsInRow: Int,
+        skipType: SkipType
     ): Nothing? {
-        logger.info("skip miss matched row. [csv row num = ${idx + 1}, fields num = ${row.size}, fields num of first row = $numFieldsInRow]")
+        val message = "skip miss matched row. [csv row num = ${idx + 1}, fields num = ${row.size}, fields num of first row = $numFieldsInRow]"
+        val skippedRow = SkippedRow(idx, row, message, skipType)
+        ctx.onSkippedEvent?.notify(skippedRow)
+        logger.info(message)
         return null
     }
 
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/dsl/context/CsvReaderContext.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/dsl/context/CsvReaderContext.kt
index ca520a0..21a43b2 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/dsl/context/CsvReaderContext.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/dsl/context/CsvReaderContext.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context
 
+import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip.INotifySkippedEvent
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.Const
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.CsvDslMarker
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.logger.Logger
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ interface ICsvReaderContext {
      * If a row exceeds have the expected number of fields (columns), how, and if, the reader should proceed
      */
     val excessFieldsRowBehaviour: ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour
+
+    /**
+     * A pluggable Interface on listening when skipping either an insufficient or an excess number of fields
+     */
+    val onSkippedEvent: INotifySkippedEvent?
 }
 
 enum class InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour {
@@ -142,4 +148,5 @@ class CsvReaderContext : ICsvReaderContext {
     override var autoRenameDuplicateHeaders: Boolean = false
     override var insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour: InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour = InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour.ERROR
     override var excessFieldsRowBehaviour: ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour = ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour.ERROR
+    override var onSkippedEvent: INotifySkippedEvent? = null
 }
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/CsvSkipEvent.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/CsvSkipEvent.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8e0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/CsvSkipEvent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip
+
+
+fun interface SkipNotify {
+    fun onSkipped(row: SkippedRow)
+}
+
+/**
+ * interface function that will be triggered when skipping either insufficient or excess number of fields
+ */
+fun interface INotifySkippedEvent {
+   fun notify(skippedRow: SkippedRow)
+}
+
+
+fun skipNotification(block: NotifySkipEvent.() -> Unit): INotifySkippedEvent {
+    return NotifySkipEvent().apply(block)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/NotifySkipEvent.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/NotifySkipEvent.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b15b43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/NotifySkipEvent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip
+
+class NotifySkipEvent: INotifySkippedEvent {
+    val listeners = mutableMapOf<String, SkipNotify>()
+    override fun notify(skippedRow: SkippedRow) {
+        listeners.forEach { (_, value) -> value.onSkipped(skippedRow) }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/SkipType.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/SkipType.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37daf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/SkipType.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip
+enum class SkipType {
+    InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour,
+    ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour
+}
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/SkippedRow.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/SkippedRow.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a0149b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/event/skip/SkippedRow.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip
+
+/**
+ *  data class containing relevant information
+ */
+data class SkippedRow(
+    /**
+     * row index in the csv file
+     */
+    val idx: Int,
+    /**
+     * row values
+     */
+    val row: List<String>,
+    /**
+     * reason for skipping
+     */
+    val message: String,
+    /**
+     * type of skip
+     */
+    val skipType: SkipType
+
+)
diff --git a/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvReaderTest.kt b/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvReaderTest.kt
index df92f47..6329755 100644
--- a/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvReaderTest.kt
+++ b/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/github/doyaaaaaken/kotlincsv/client/CsvReaderTest.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context.CsvReaderContext
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context.ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.context.InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.dsl.csvReader
+import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip.SkipNotify
+import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.event.skip.skipNotification
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.CSVFieldNumDifferentException
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.CSVParseFormatException
 import com.github.doyaaaaaken.kotlincsv.util.Const
@@ -206,6 +208,22 @@ class CsvReaderTest : WordSpec({
                 actual.size shouldBe 1
             }
         }
+        "it should be be possible to listen to skip events for insufficient or excess fields " {
+            val expected = listOf(listOf("a", "b"))
+            val actual =
+                csvReader {
+                    excessFieldsRowBehaviour = ExcessFieldsRowBehaviour.IGNORE
+                    insufficientFieldsRowBehaviour = InsufficientFieldsRowBehaviour.IGNORE
+                    onSkippedEvent = skipNotification {
+                        listeners["id"] = SkipNotify { println(it) }
+                    }
+                }.readAll(readTestDataFile("varying-column-lengths.csv"))
+
+            assertSoftly {
+                actual shouldBe expected
+                actual.size shouldBe 1
+            }
+        }
         "it should be be possible to replace insufficient fields with strings and skip rows with excess fields" {
             val expected = listOf(listOf("a", "b"), listOf("c", ""))
             val actual =