diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/util/ProjectUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/util/ProjectUtil.java
index f637d32d5..61a65ec29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/util/ProjectUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sunbird/common/util/ProjectUtil.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public static Boolean validateExternalSystemId(String externalSystemId) {
 	}
 
 	public static Boolean validateExternalSystem(String externalSystem) {
-		return externalSystem.matches("[a-zA-Z ]{0,255}$");
+		return externalSystem.matches("^(?=.*[a-zA-Z .-])[a-zA-Z0-9 .-]{1,255}$"); // Allow only alphanumeric, alphabets and restrict if only numeric character
 	}
 
 	public static void updateErrorDetails(SBApiResponse response, String errMsg, HttpStatus responseCode) {
@@ -198,4 +198,8 @@ public static Boolean validateDate(String dateString){
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	public static Boolean validateEmployeeId(String employeeId) {
+		return employeeId.matches("^(?=.*\\d|[a-zA-Z]{30})[a-zA-Z0-9 .-]{1,30}$"); // Allow only alphanumeric, numeric and restrict if only alphabets character
+	}
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/sunbird/profile/service/UserBulkUploadService.java b/src/main/java/org/sunbird/profile/service/UserBulkUploadService.java
index ffd73089f..53942940c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/sunbird/profile/service/UserBulkUploadService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/sunbird/profile/service/UserBulkUploadService.java
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ private void processBulkUpload(HashMap<String, String> inputDataMap) throws IOEx
                         } else {
                             invalidErrList.add("Invalid value for Employee ID column type. Expecting string/number format");
                         }
+                        if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(userRegistration.getEmployeeId())) {
+                            if (!ProjectUtil.validateEmployeeId(userRegistration.getEmployeeId())) {
+                                invalidErrList.add("Invalid Employee ID : Employee ID can contain alphanumeric characters or numeric character and have a max length of 30");
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     if (nextRow.getCell(10) != null && nextRow.getCell(10).getCellType() != CellType.BLANK) {
                         if (nextRow.getCell(10).getCellType() == CellType.NUMERIC) {
@@ -267,7 +272,7 @@ private void processBulkUpload(HashMap<String, String> inputDataMap) throws IOEx
                         if (nextRow.getCell(12).getCellType() == CellType.STRING) {
                             userRegistration.setExternalSystem(nextRow.getCell(12).getStringCellValue().trim());
                             if (!ProjectUtil.validateExternalSystem(userRegistration.getExternalSystem())) {
-                                invalidErrList.add("Invalid External System : External System Name can contain only alphabets and can have a max length of 255");
+                                invalidErrList.add("Invalid External System Name : External System Name can contain only alphabets and alphanumeric and can have a max length of 255");
                             }
                         } else {
                             invalidErrList.add("Invalid value for External System Name column type. Expecting string format");