We need to place the axis labels on the tick marks for the column series chart instead of between them.
You can adjust the position of the category axis labels using their margin and padding settings. Review these API docs for more info: http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/dataviz/ui/chart#configuration-categoryAxis.labels.padding http://docs.telerik.com/kendo-ui/api/javascript/dataviz/ui/chart#configuration-categoryAxis.labels.margin