Personal Info

Name:  Dr Fr Biju K.Chacko

Date of Birth    : 20th November, 1969

Profession:

• Priest (CMI, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate) Ordained in 1999

• Director | Student Services | CHRIST Yeshwanthpur Campus

• Coordinator, Department of Media Studies

• Director, Centre for Concept Design

Father’s Name : K.C.Chacko

Mother’s Name : Mary Chacko

Nationality: Indian

Languages Known : English, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, German

Permanent Address :    Dharmaram College, Bangalore – 560 029, Karnataka

Phone : Mobile:+ 011-91- 9742704212

Email: frbiju@christuniversity.in

Education

• PhD, Christ University, 2016

• M.Phil Christ University 2009

• MS in Communication, Christ University, Bangalore 2007

• B.Sc. Visual Communication, Loyola College, Chennai 2006

• Bachelor in Philosophy Dharmaram College, Bangalore 1998

• Bachelor in Theology Dharmaram College, Bangalore 1994

• Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication, Sri. Venkateswara Polytechnic, Bangalore 1995

• PCMB St.Philomina’s College, Mysore 1987

• SSLC, St Joseph School, Karimannoor, Kerala 1984

Certifications/Additional Courses

• Media, Communications & Entrepreneurship, Mudra Institute Ahmedabad 2010

• Film Appreciation Course FTII, Pune 2007

• Diploma in DFM SISI, Chennai 2003

• Advanced Diploma in Multimedia, Areena Multimedia, Mysore 2001

Professional Experience

• Proficiency in designing Books and Magazines.

• Research Tools (NVivo, R, Word processor for research work)

• Linear and non-linear editing (Resolve, FCP, Premier pro, Pinnacle, Sony Vegas)

• Audio editing (Protools, Nuendao, Avid Pro, Resolve)

• Graphic design (Photoshop, Coreldraw, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Quarkxpress, Scribus, Pixlr, Solidworks, Canva,  )

• Presentation tools 

• Documentary films on various issues and themes (27 documentaries)

• Technical Knowledge and experience in handling electronic equipments.

• Team Work in various programmes.

• Stage Performance and Directions

• Teaching experience at: a) Christ University, Bangalore (2008 on wards) b) Pushpa English Medium School, Mysore (1 Years). b) Carmel Computech, Mysore (1½ Years)

Thesis, Internships and Projects

• PhD: Illustration, Narration and Metaphor in Kolam Art with Reference to South Indian Traditions

• MPhil: Performance study on religious celebration

• Master's Thesis: Semiotic Analysis of The Bicycle Thieves: an Italian Neo Realistic film

• Disha Communications, Bangalore (Advertising Department)

• Diya Foundation (PR projects)

• Rajiv Memon Productions, Chennai (Post production of BRU advertisement)

• Educational Media Research Centre (EMRC), Kolkata (Production on SUDOKU and brain development in children, an educational programme for broadcasting)

• Navodaya Studio, Chennai (Involved in production)

• Santhome Communications, Chennai. (Various media productions)

Outstanding Achievements

• National Documentary Award on Livelihood. (Jeevika 2004, Delhi)

• Documentary films on various themes. (27 documentaries)

• Production of Audio CDs

• Production of educational programme for TV broadcasting

• Director: Center for Concept Design (Audio Video Production unit for Christ University)

• Director, SPACE Channel (A Sunday Homily online resource)

• Founder, Media Meet (A national level annual media conference at Christ University)

• Founder, Media Conclave (A forum for academic industry collaborations)

• Founder, Transtalkies (Campus film club)

• Founder, COMMIX (Campus Newsletter)

• Founder, Decibel (Online Radio)

• Founder: 30M Training

• Founder: Spectra

Interests, Skills & Talents

• Photography

• Art, Craft & Designing, Glass painting

• Technology

• Reading

• Music

• Travel

• Trekking

• Cycling

• Tennis

Online Tech

• Prezi: A cloud based presentation software, which auto-syncs across all devices with ease

• Google Drive: Manage multiple types of Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Form.

• Weebly: A professional website design software.

• Wix: Website design

• Dropbox: Manage documents on cloud and devices.

• Skype: Video communication, instant messaging and sharing files. 

• Evernote: Managing text, photo and audio notes across all gadgets.

• Wordpress: web software used to create beautiful website or blog.

• Sympphonical: Symphonical is a digital board with sticky notes. With a colorful and simple design manage your to do lists, projects, and plannings. Helps to collaborate in real time.

Edu Tech

• Google Classroom: Online classroom management

• Tableau: Data Analysis tool

• Interactive Board: Promethean, SMART boards for classroom and professional presentations.

• Open Sankore: A free and open-source interactive whiteboard software compatible with any projector and pointing device.

• Turnitin: Accurate Plagiarism & Grammar Check software.

• Moodle: An application for producing modular internet-based courses that support a modern social constructionist pedagogy.

• Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio).

•  Acrobat ProX; A complete PDF management software.

• Celtx: Complete solution for scriptwriting

• WriterDuet: Collaborative Script writing for different media

• Edupage:  Educational organisation management tool

Designing

• Affinity Photo: Fastest Image Editor

• Photoshop: Mange photos and images.

• Coral Draw: A complete graphic designing software.

• QuarkXpress: Professional page layout software for design and publishing.

• Pagemaker: Professional page layout software for design and publishing.

• Illustrator: A vector graphic design solution.

• Scribus: An Open source software for publication

• Inkscape: Graphic design software

• Canva: Online design tool

Media Production

• Protools: An industry standard powerful digital audio workstation.

• Final Cut Pro; A non-linear video editing software used in the professional industry.

• Nuendo: Audio production software for video projects.

• Camtasia: Interactive video production

• DaVinci Resolve: