diff --git a/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/framework/dispatcher/KafkaDispatcher.scala b/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/framework/dispatcher/KafkaDispatcher.scala
index ffd4237a..094a99db 100644
--- a/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/framework/dispatcher/KafkaDispatcher.scala
+++ b/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/framework/dispatcher/KafkaDispatcher.scala
@@ -28,19 +28,23 @@ object KafkaDispatcher extends IDispatcher {
     def dispatch(events: Array[String], config: Map[String, AnyRef])(implicit fc: FrameworkContext): Array[String] = {
         val brokerList = config.getOrElse("brokerList", null).asInstanceOf[String];
         val topic = config.getOrElse("topic", null).asInstanceOf[String];
+        val batchSize = config.getOrElse("batchSize", 100).asInstanceOf[Integer];
+        val lingerMs = config.getOrElse("lingerMs", 10).asInstanceOf[Integer];
         if (null == brokerList) {
             throw new DispatcherException("brokerList parameter is required to send output to kafka")
         }
         if (null == topic) {
             throw new DispatcherException("topic parameter is required to send output to kafka")
         }
-        KafkaEventProducer.sendEvents(events, topic, brokerList)
+        KafkaEventProducer.sendEvents(events, topic, brokerList, batchSize, lingerMs)
         events
     }
 
     def dispatch(config: Map[String, AnyRef], events: RDD[String])(implicit sc: SparkContext, fc: FrameworkContext) = {
         val brokerList = config.getOrElse("brokerList", null).asInstanceOf[String]
         val topic = config.getOrElse("topic", null).asInstanceOf[String]
+        val batchSize = config.getOrElse("batchSize", 100).asInstanceOf[Integer];
+        val lingerMs = config.getOrElse("lingerMs", 10).asInstanceOf[Integer];
         if (null == brokerList) {
             throw new DispatcherException("brokerList parameter is required to send output to kafka")
         }
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ object KafkaDispatcher extends IDispatcher {
         }
 
         events.foreachPartition((partitions: Iterator[String]) => {
-            val kafkaSink = KafkaSink(_getKafkaProducerConfig(brokerList));
+            val kafkaSink = KafkaSink(_getKafkaProducerConfig(brokerList, batchSize, lingerMs));
             partitions.foreach { message =>
                 try {
                     kafkaSink.send(topic, message, new Callback {
@@ -76,13 +80,15 @@ object KafkaDispatcher extends IDispatcher {
         
     }
 
-    private def _getKafkaProducerConfig(brokerList: String): HashMap[String, Object] = {
+    private def _getKafkaProducerConfig(brokerList: String, batchSize: Integer, lingerMs: Integer): HashMap[String, Object] = {
         val props = new HashMap[String, Object]()
-        props.put(ProducerConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, 100.asInstanceOf[Integer]);
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, batchSize);
         props.put(ProducerConfig.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, 60000.asInstanceOf[Integer]);
         props.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, brokerList)
         props.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
         props.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.COMPRESSION_TYPE_CONFIG, "snappy")
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.LINGER_MS_CONFIG, lingerMs)
         props
     }
 
diff --git a/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/streaming/KafkaEventProducer.scala b/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/streaming/KafkaEventProducer.scala
index ca33d1ae..a67c0baa 100644
--- a/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/streaming/KafkaEventProducer.scala
+++ b/analytics-core/src/main/scala/org/ekstep/analytics/streaming/KafkaEventProducer.scala
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@ object KafkaEventProducer {
 
     implicit val className: String = "KafkaEventProducer";
 
-    def init(brokerList: String): KafkaProducer[String, String] = {
+    def init(brokerList: String, batchSize: Integer, lingerMs: Integer): KafkaProducer[String, String] = {
 
         // Zookeeper connection properties
         val props = new HashMap[String, Object]()
-        props.put(ProducerConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, 100.asInstanceOf[Integer]);
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, batchSize);
         props.put(ProducerConfig.REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS_CONFIG, 60000.asInstanceOf[Integer]);
         props.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, brokerList);
         props.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
         props.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer")
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.COMPRESSION_TYPE_CONFIG, "snappy")
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.LINGER_MS_CONFIG, lingerMs)
 
         new KafkaProducer[String, String](props);
     }
@@ -41,15 +43,15 @@ object KafkaEventProducer {
         producer.close();
     }
 
-    def sendEvent(event: AnyRef, topic: String, brokerList: String) = {
-        val producer = init(brokerList);
+    def sendEvent(event: AnyRef, topic: String, brokerList: String, batchSize: Integer, lingerMs: Integer) = {
+        val producer = init(brokerList, batchSize, lingerMs);
         val message = new ProducerRecord[String, String](topic, null, JSONUtils.serialize(event));
         producer.send(message);
         close(producer);
     }
 
-    def sendEvents(events: Buffer[AnyRef], topic: String, brokerList: String) = {
-        val producer = init(brokerList);
+    def sendEvents(events: Buffer[AnyRef], topic: String, brokerList: String, batchSize: Integer, lingerMs: Integer) = {
+        val producer = init(brokerList, batchSize, lingerMs);
         events.foreach { event =>
             {
                 val message = new ProducerRecord[String, String](topic, null, JSONUtils.serialize(event));
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ object KafkaEventProducer {
     }
 
     @throws(classOf[DispatcherException])
-    def sendEvents(events: Array[String], topic: String, brokerList: String) = {
-        val producer = init(brokerList);
+    def sendEvents(events: Array[String], topic: String, brokerList: String, batchSize: Integer, lingerMs: Integer) = {
+        val producer = init(brokerList, batchSize, lingerMs);
         events.foreach { event =>
             {
                 val message = new ProducerRecord[String, String](topic, event);
@@ -71,8 +73,8 @@ object KafkaEventProducer {
         close(producer);
     }
 
-    def publishEvents(events: Buffer[String], topic: String, brokerList: String) = {
-        val producer = init(brokerList);
+    def publishEvents(events: Buffer[String], topic: String, brokerList: String, batchSize: Integer, lingerMs: Integer) = {
+        val producer = init(brokerList, batchSize, lingerMs);
         events.foreach { event =>
             {
                 val message = new ProducerRecord[String, String](topic, null, event);