diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7fbc8c..8fd7b56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGELOG
+## 0.3.35
+- [x] add: validations for the input file for conversation tagging
 
 ## 0.3.34
 - [x] PL-61: Add retry mechanism for uploading data to Label studio
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db35829..810a948 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "skit-labels"
-version = "0.3.34"
+version = "0.3.35"
 description = "Command line tool for interacting with labelled datasets at skit.ai."
 authors = []
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/skit_labels/cli.py b/skit_labels/cli.py
index 9dba2df..9d805fe 100644
--- a/skit_labels/cli.py
+++ b/skit_labels/cli.py
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ def upload_dataset_to_labelstudio_command(
         required=True,
         help="The data label implying the source of data",
     )
+    
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--tagging-type",
+        type=str,
+        help="The tagging type for the calls being uploaded",
+    )
+    
     return parser
 
 
@@ -319,12 +326,17 @@ def build_cli():
     return parser
 
 
-def upload_dataset(input_file, url, token, job_id, data_source, data_label = None):
+def upload_dataset(input_file, url, token, job_id, data_source, data_label = None, tagging_type=None):
     input_file = utils.add_data_label(input_file, data_label)
     if data_source == const.SOURCE__DB:
         fn = commands.upload_dataset_to_db
     elif data_source == const.SOURCE__LABELSTUDIO:
-        fn = commands.upload_dataset_to_labelstudio
+        if tagging_type:
+            is_valid, error = utils.validate_input_data(tagging_type, input_file)
+            if not is_valid:
+                return error, None
+                
+        fn = commands.upload_dataset_to_labelstudio 
     errors, df_size = asyncio.run(
         fn(
             input_file,
@@ -386,7 +398,7 @@ def cmd_to_str(args: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
             arg_id = args.job_id
 
         _ = is_valid_data_label(args.data_label)
-        errors, df_size = upload_dataset(args.input, args.url, args.token, arg_id, args.data_source, args.data_label)
+        errors, df_size = upload_dataset(args.input, args.url, args.token, arg_id, args.data_source, args.data_label, args.tagging_type)
 
         if errors:
             return (
diff --git a/skit_labels/constants.py b/skit_labels/constants.py
index ae80e08..c612d9b 100644
--- a/skit_labels/constants.py
+++ b/skit_labels/constants.py
@@ -120,4 +120,10 @@
 FROM_NAME_INTENT = "tag"
 CHOICES = "choices"
 TAXONOMY = "taxonomy"
-VALUE = "value"
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+VALUE = "value"
+
+EXPECTED_COLUMNS_MAPPING = {
+    "conversation_tagging": ['scenario', 'scenario_category', 'situation_str', 'call', 'data_label']
+}
+
+CONVERSATION_TAGGING = 'conversation_tagging'
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diff --git a/skit_labels/utils.py b/skit_labels/utils.py
index 7979eac..b35acb9 100644
--- a/skit_labels/utils.py
+++ b/skit_labels/utils.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 import pandas as pd
 from typing import Union
-
+from skit_labels import constants as const
 
 LOG_LEVELS = ["CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "SUCCESS", "INFO", "DEBUG", "TRACE"]
 
@@ -110,3 +110,45 @@ def add_data_label(input_file: str, data_label: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     df = df.assign(data_label=data_label)
     df.to_csv(input_file, index=False)
     return input_file
+
+
+def validate_headers(input_file, tagging_type):
+    expected_columns_mapping  = const.EXPECTED_COLUMNS_MAPPING
+    expected_headers = expected_columns_mapping.get(tagging_type)
+    
+    df = pd.read_csv(input_file)
+    
+    column_headers = df.columns.to_list()
+    column_headers = [header.lower() for header in column_headers]
+    column_headers = sorted(column_headers)
+    expected_headers = sorted(expected_headers)
+    
+    logger.info(f"column_headers: {column_headers}")
+    logger.info(f"expected_headers: {expected_headers}")
+    
+    is_match = column_headers == expected_headers
+    logger.info(f"Is match: {is_match}")
+    
+    if not is_match:
+        missing_headers = set(expected_headers).difference(set(column_headers))
+        additional_headers = set(column_headers).difference(set(expected_headers))
+        if missing_headers:
+            return missing_headers
+        elif additional_headers:
+            df.drop(additional_headers, axis=1, inplace=True)
+            df.to_csv(input_file, index=False)
+            is_match = True
+            logger.info(f"Following additional headers have been removed from the csv: {additional_headers}")
+    return []
+
+
+def validate_input_data(tagging_type, input_file):
+    is_valid = True
+    error = ''
+    if tagging_type == const.CONVERSATION_TAGGING:
+        missing_headers = validate_headers(input_file, tagging_type)
+        if missing_headers:
+            error = f'Headers in the input file does not match the expected fields. Missing fields = {missing_headers}'
+            is_valid = False
+        
+    return is_valid, error
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