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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1315/styles/kendo.common.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1315/styles/kendo.default.min.css">
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.3.1315/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>
<table>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <input id="column1" class="k-input" />
            </td>
            <td>
                <input id="column2" class="k-input" />
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
            
             $("#column1").kendoAutoComplete(["daniel", "felipe", "pablo", "julio"]);
             $("#column2").kendoAutoComplete(["daniel", "felipe", "pablo", "julio"]);
            
            var autocomplete = $("#column1").data("kendoAutoComplete");
             autocomplete.bind("select", autocomplete_select);
            // snip
            $("#column1").focus();
        });
        
        function autocomplete_select() {
            alert("test");
            $("#column2").data("kendoAutoComplete").focus();
        }