diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a491f57..71704ad 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@ typings/
 /db
 
 # Code Editor Configuration file
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+
+# CSV test file
+assessmentItem.csv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 2d8beb9..8cf761f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const bunyanMiddleware = require('bunyan-middleware');
 const ping = require('./ping');
 const question = require('./question');
 const history = require('./history');
+const bulkUpload = require('./bulk_upload');
 
 const app = express();
 const logger = bunyan.createLogger({ name: 'Question-Authoring-API' });
@@ -31,5 +32,6 @@ app.use(bunyanMiddleware({
 app.use('/ping', ping);
 app.use('/history', history);
 app.use('/question', question);
+app.use('/bulkupload', bulkUpload);
 
 module.exports = app;
diff --git a/bulk_upload/csv.controller.js b/bulk_upload/csv.controller.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3941cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bulk_upload/csv.controller.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+const questionController = require('../question/question.controller');
+const config = require('../config');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const csv = require('fast-csv');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+const readAndPublish = async () => {
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(config.fileUploadPath);
+  let publishedQuestion = '';
+  await csv
+    .fromStream(stream, { objectMode: true, headers: true })
+    .validate(data =>
+      data.concept && data.content && data.expectedOutcome && data.player && data.evaluator)
+    .on('data-invalid', () => {
+      console.log('Error: Primary fields  are missing!!!');
+    })
+    .on('data', async (data) => {
+      let assessmentItem = data;
+      let primaryObject = {};
+      primaryObject = _.pick(assessmentItem, ['concept', 'content', 'expectedOutcome', 'player', 'evaluator']);
+      _.forOwnRight(assessmentItem, (value, key) => {
+        if (key === 'concept' || key === 'content' || key === 'expectedOutcome' || key === 'player' || key === 'evaluator') {
+          _.unset(assessmentItem, key);
+        }
+      });
+      const secondaryObject = assessmentItem;
+      primaryObject.question = secondaryObject;
+      assessmentItem = primaryObject;
+      const initialisedQuestion = await questionController.initQuestion();
+      assessmentItem.id = initialisedQuestion.id;
+      publishedQuestion = await questionController.publishQuestion(assessmentItem);
+      return publishedQuestion;
+    })
+    .on('error', (err) => {
+      console.log(`Error is ${err}`);
+    });
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  readAndPublish,
+};
+
diff --git a/bulk_upload/csv.router.js b/bulk_upload/csv.router.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b05563a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bulk_upload/csv.router.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const csvController = require('./csv.controller');
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.get('/csvUpload', (req, res) => {
+  const publishedQuestion = csvController.readAndPublish();
+  res.json(publishedQuestion);
+});
+
+module.exports = router;
diff --git a/bulk_upload/index.js b/bulk_upload/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1efbac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bulk_upload/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./csv.router');
diff --git a/config/config.js b/config/config.js
index 67a688b..6e93bcc 100644
--- a/config/config.js
+++ b/config/config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const config = {
   PORT: process.env.PORT || 4000,
   MONGODB_URL: process.env.MONGODB_URL || 'localhost:29017/assessment_item',
+  fileUploadPath: process.env.FILE_UPLOAD_PATH || 'assessmentItem.csv',
 };
 
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 521c04c..3e9c2ac 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -803,8 +803,7 @@
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-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-MKPHZDMB0o6yHyDryUOScqZibp914ksXwAMYMTHj6KO8UeKsRYNJD3oNCKjTqZon+V488P7N/HzXF8t7ZR95ww=="
     },
     "doctrine": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
@@ -1585,6 +1584,14 @@
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       }
     },
+    "formatio": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/formatio/-/formatio-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-87IWfZBoxGmKjVH092CjmlTYGOs=",
+      "requires": {
+        "samsam": "1.3.0"
+      }
+    },
     "formidable": {
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/formidable/-/formidable-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -2669,6 +2676,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "just-extend": {
+      "version": "1.1.27",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/just-extend/-/just-extend-1.1.27.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mJVp13Ix6gFo3SBAy9U/kL+oeZqzlYYYLQBwXVBlVzIsZwBqGREnOro24oC/8s8aox+rJhtZ2DiQof++IrkA+g=="
+    },
     "kareem": {
       "version": "1.5.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kareem/-/kareem-1.5.0.tgz",
@@ -2846,6 +2858,11 @@
         "lodash._root": "3.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "lodash.get": {
+      "version": "4.4.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-LRd/ZS+jHpObRDjVNBSZ36OCXpk="
+    },
     "lodash.isarguments": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isarguments/-/lodash.isarguments-3.1.0.tgz",
@@ -2926,6 +2943,11 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "lolex": {
+      "version": "2.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lolex/-/lolex-2.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-BdHq78SeI+6PAUtl4atDuCt7L6E4fab3mSRtqxm4ywaXe4uP7jZ0TTcFNuU20syUjxZc2l7jFqKVMJ+AX0LnpQ=="
+    },
     "loose-envify": {
       "version": "1.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.3.1.tgz",
@@ -3241,6 +3263,38 @@
         "babel-runtime": "6.26.0"
       }
     },
+    "nise": {
+      "version": "1.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/nise/-/nise-1.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-q9jXh3UNsMV28KeqI43ILz5+c3l+RiNW8mhurEwCKckuHQbL+hTJIKKTiUlCPKlgQ/OukFvSnKB/Jk3+sFbkGA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "formatio": "1.2.0",
+        "just-extend": "1.1.27",
+        "lolex": "1.6.0",
+        "path-to-regexp": "1.7.0",
+        "text-encoding": "0.6.4"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "isarray": {
+          "version": "0.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isarray/-/isarray-0.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-ihis/Kmo9Bd+Cav8YDiTmwXR7t8="
+        },
+        "lolex": {
+          "version": "1.6.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lolex/-/lolex-1.6.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-OpoCg0UqR9dDnnJzG54H1zhuSfY="
+        },
+        "path-to-regexp": {
+          "version": "1.7.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-1.7.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-Wf3g9DW62suhA6hOnTvGTpa5k30=",
+          "requires": {
+            "isarray": "0.0.1"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "node-fetch": {
       "version": "1.7.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-1.7.3.tgz",
@@ -5606,6 +5660,11 @@
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       "optional": true
     },
+    "samsam": {
+      "version": "1.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/samsam/-/samsam-1.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1HwIYD/8UlOtFS3QO3w7ey+SdSDFE4HRNLZoZRYVQefrOY3l17epswImeB1ijgJFQJodIaHcwkp3r/myBjFVbg=="
+    },
     "semver": {
       "version": "5.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-5.4.1.tgz",
@@ -5759,6 +5818,30 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "sinon": {
+      "version": "4.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sinon/-/sinon-4.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4mUsjHfjrHyPFGDTtNJl0q8cv4VOJGvQykI1r3fnn05ys0sQL9M1Y+DyyGNWLD2PMcoyqjJ/nFDm4K54V1eQOg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "diff": "3.3.1",
+        "formatio": "1.2.0",
+        "lodash.get": "4.4.2",
+        "lolex": "2.1.3",
+        "nise": "1.2.0",
+        "supports-color": "4.5.0",
+        "type-detect": "4.0.3"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "supports-color": {
+          "version": "4.5.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-4.5.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-vnoN5ITexcXN34s9WRJQRJEvY1s=",
+          "requires": {
+            "has-flag": "2.0.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "slice-ansi": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slice-ansi/-/slice-ansi-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5968,6 +6051,11 @@
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       }
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+    "text-encoding": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/text-encoding/-/text-encoding-0.6.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-45mpgiV6J22uQou5KEXLcb3CbRk="
+    },
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@@ -6049,6 +6137,11 @@
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       }
     },
+    "type-detect": {
+      "version": "4.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-detect/-/type-detect-4.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-Dj8mcLRAmbC0bChNE2p+9Jx0wuo="
+    },
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       "version": "1.6.15",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-is/-/type-is-1.6.15.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4cc4878..9d9a164 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     "bunyan-middleware": "^0.8.0",
     "eslint": "^4.9.0",
     "express": "^4.16.2",
+    "fast-csv": "^2.4.1",
     "json-diff-rfc6902": "^1.3.3",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "mongoose": "^4.12.4",
     "simple-neo4j-wrapper": "^1.0.5",
     "sinon": "^4.0.1"