 <p>You can do something like:</p> <pre><code>$("#grid").kendoGrid({ dataSource: { type: "json", pageSize: 10, serverPaging: true, transport: { read: "http://whatever" } }, selectable: "cell", pageable: true, columns: ["ProductID", "ProductName"], change: function() { var dataItem = this.dataSource.view()[this.select().closest("tr").index()]; alert(dataItem.UnitPrice); } } </code></pre>