DIRECTOR-MICHAEL PERIA
1. Educational and Professional Experience
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Strength in ‘Useably Engineering’ and design & development of e-Lessons
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PG in Mass Communications and Sociology
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8 yrs, taught in St Xavier’ communications Institute – Film Making
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Studied Philosophy and part Theology in JDV Pune
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23 years, worked with CMC and retired in 2010 as Head – Multimedia Division
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Conducted workshops, Seminars on personal and Organizational Grooming for Bishops, Major superiors, UNICEF, SAARC, ASIAN India, Corporate...
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The first one to produce Laser Video in the country on Rice cultivation and watershed management for the Ministry of Agriculture, India
2. Award / Recognition
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Received best singer award from Late CM, Mr. Kamaraj of Tamil Nadu, while studying 4th Class.
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“World Leader” award from the Biographical Institute of America for the contribution to Media World.
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‘Peoples Manager’ from CMC Limited
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“Eminent Christian” from Chief Minister for the Services done in the area of Music and composing 250 Responsorial Psalm
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Citation received from CBCI for the contribution to our Indian Church thru composing 350 Responsorial Psalms and producing 9 films on the Small Christian community.
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3. In the service of Liturgical Music and Church
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First one to compose the Tamil Venicreator in a gramophone record, sung by the leading Film singer, Mr. TM Soundararajan
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Along with Fr Charles authored 8 Faith Formation Books for the Schools
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Composed and published more than 120 Tamil Hymns, 45 Hindi Bhajans, around 10 English hymns, and 4 High Masses
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Been as Sacred Music Minister for 51 years ever lived.
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Visiting professor of ‘Theology of Sacred Music’ in 8 Theologates in India and in Sri Lanka
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Director and Conductor of 50 member Hyderabad Archdiocesan choir... members are from 18 parishes.
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Soon Publishing Musical Score Book of 350 Responsorial Psalms, Text only Book and DVD / ACD sung by the Hyderabad Archdiocesan choir.
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Been as a Governing Body Member of the ICYM
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Attended the ‘Youth Parliament’ at the UN Headquarters, New York
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Toured widely abroad.
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What God has given me, let me give to the world.
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One of the characteristics of the Roman Catholic church music - The interest taken by the Catholic Church in music is ... its other character of universality spontaneously springs.
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Most interesting learning from HAC is the ‘Trinitarian Aspect of Singing’ – the Ragam (Tune), Thalam (Rythem), Pallavi (Lyric). Each character of singing is important. Therefore our singing especially our Liturgical singing reveals Communion… oneness that we are a “Single People.”