Introduction: Effective communication set a platform where parents feel connected with his or her doctors, which can ultimately improve health, mediated through participation in care.
 Aims: To Assess the interpersonal communication skills of Paediatric resident doctors.
 Settings and Design: Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India.
 Methods and Material: - A cross-sectional study was conducted among all Pediatrics trainee residents working in department of Pediatrics, Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. A standardized self-administered questionnaire (Interpersonal Communication Skill Inventory) was used to assess the IPC skills. The inventory has four sections which includes, delivering clear messages, active listening, giving and getting feedback and handling of emotional interaction while communications.
 Statistical analysis used: The data were tabulated and analyzed with SPSS-19 and Fisher exact probability test was used to compare the data.
 Results: Total of 45 residents was assessed, male were 19 and female were 26. Age of resident doctors was between 25 to 30 yrs. Out of 45 residents, 57.8% were confident in sending the clear messages 31.1% were active listener, 20% were confident in giving and the getting the feedback, and 15.5% were confident in handling the Emotional Interactions. Female residents were confident in giving and getting feedback (p=0.01) and handling emotional interactions (p=0.03). Increased in experiences improves handling emotional interactions (p=0.03)
 Conclusions: The delivering clear messages and active listening during conversation improved with experience whereas, to improve skills like handling emotional interaction and giving and the getting feedback of resident doctor would require structured training program.