Faculty

Tony perrey

Director of program

Course Director of NHQ. President of the Pulse College & Director of Windmill Lane Recording Studios Dublin, Ireland. He is Listed among the best Sound engineers in the world. He has worked with many famous international artists like U2, Metallica, and Lady Gaga to name a few. He is also an Apple and Avid certified instructor.

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Vijay VV

Course coordinator

The course coordinator & academic head of NHQ studios & academy. He is an engineering graduate and completed a diploma in audio engineering & music technology. Vijay has around 10 years of experience in the film industry as a recording and mixing engineer. He is very much brilliant in handling both theoretical & technical aspects of audio engineering also he is among the one who guides and promotes students based on their talents & interest.

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Kiran Lal

Chief Audio Engineer - NHQ Studios

Kiran is another precious gem at NHQ with an experience unparalleled. Kiran has collaborated with renowned producers and performers countrywide to get the specifications of sound effects and background music in their productions. Music is magic with Kiran’s touch. Specialized as a mixing engineer Kiran has worked with Hariharan, K S Chithra, S P Balasubramaniam, Sujatha, Jhonson, M Jayachandran, Deepak Dev, Vishal Shekhar, Bijibal, Anil Johnson, Alphonse, Prashant Pillai, Dhibu Ninan Thomas, and the list goes on.

He started his career in 2005 at Soundtech Media, Chennai, and moved to Hyderabad Isckon, Krishna Digital, Indira Nagar then back in Chennai worked as a karaoke Jockey in Kafeoke, 2008 in Kerala and associated with Lal Media for Malayalam films and then started film song mix with Bijibal for his blockbuster movie Vikramadithyan. He also won the Indywood Excellence award For Best Mixing in 2017 Sima award for mixing for a short film Canvas. With his experience, he worked in many languages like English, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Bengali also surround mixing including Dolby atmos (OST Premix for Drishyam 2)

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Harishankar vv

Chief Audio Engineer - My Studio Cochin

Harishankar is an Indian audio engineer/mixer/audio faculty who is currently based in Cochin, South India. He graduated in audio engineering & started his career as a recording engineer at "My Studio", a recording studio of great repute and well-known in the movie industry. Currently, he is pursuing his career as a stereo mix and mastering engineer. He has worked with many movie production houses, advertising companies, independent artists, and bands. Harishankar's passion in life to make quality music has helped in working with many renowned musicians & artists.

His ear for sound and perfectionist demeanor makes him see that no time is ever wasted and the final results are nothing short of breathtaking. He has done extensive work in all genres of music. Harishankar also has an interesting profile as a stereo Mixing /Mastering engineer. His work in "Angamali Diaries", "Solo", "Hridayam", "Home" and "The Priest" has won him accolades & has helped to establish him in the film industry. His association as a Mixing/mastering engineer with the composers/producers like ML Ousepachan, M Jayachandran, Rahul Raj, Prashant Pillai, Shaan Rahman, Hesham Abdul Wahab, Ranjin Raj, Rahul Subramaniyam, and Shankar Sharma has been recognized & recognized & appreciated.

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Nihil Jimmy

Music Composer/Programmer

Nihil Jimmy is a Music Producer/Composer/Singer/Arranger/Music Production faculty based in Cochin, Kerala. His career started with Church music and later progressed into a serious career choice after he completed an audio engineering course in Chennai. He became a part of the Indian music industry after he moved to Cochin. Now, he has more than a decade of experience, and a discography spanning around 200 movies, numerous advertisements, many short films, and numerous collaborations with independent musicians. Music directors that he has collaborated with include G V Prakash, Kailas Menon, 4Musics, Anil Johnson, Rahul Subramanian, Sooraj S Kurup, Nobin Paul, Ratheesh Vega, etc are some of many.

Of the many movies he has worked on, some deserve special mention for the accolades they have gathered: Maaran, Thalaivi, Home, Vijay Superum Pournamiyum, Alone, etc. In addition to his impressive body of work, Nihil Jimmy is also helping raise young talent in his capacity as a faculty of Music Production at NHQ Studios, Sound Engineering & Music Production Academy.

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Reji Lekshmanan

Live Sound Engineer

He is a very talented live sound engineer and has been part of the industry for more than 20 years. His practical experiences in live sound help the students in pursuing current industrial standards.

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Binil Eldhose

Recording & Mixing Engineer

Experienced Recording Engineer. Worked for more than 250 movies and an expert in Protools DAW.

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Nishanth BT

Recording & Mixing Engineer

With more than 8 years of experience as a recording and mixing engineer Nishanth guides and monitors student's assignments to make them meet Industrial standards. He has already worked with a lot of prominent artists like Sithara Krishnakumar, Vijaya Yesudas, Justin Varghese, Jakes Bejoy, and Sushin Shyam to name a few.

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Renju Raj Mathew

Sound Designer

One of the independent sound designers in the industry who have done sound designing for the movies like “Kettiyol Aanu Ente Malakha” , “Kakshi Amminipilla " to name a few. He helps the students from learning the basics to advance level of sound design.

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Jomy john

Music composer / Programmer/ Piano Teacher

Experienced Piano teacher with strong music theory & programming skills. He has been part of many works released in the industry recently.

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Pratheesh K R

Sound Designer & Mixing Engineer

One of the talented alumni of NHQ.With his immense passion for sound design, he has already done his 1st independent movie as a sound designer and has been part of the NHQ faculty team since 2021.

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Guest Lecturers


Dawn Vincent

Music Composer / Sound Designer

Dawn Vincent is an Indian music composer, mixing engineer, and sound designer. He is a graduate from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He is also an accomplished pianist certified from Trinity College London. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He is known for films such as Kammatipaadam, Adventures of Omanakuttan, Eeda, Iblis, and Kala.

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Subramanyan K.V

Music Composer / Sound Designer

An alumnus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune & he is active in film industry for the last 7 years. He have done sound design and background score for several Malayalam feature-length films, short fictions, and a few documentaries. Also, he has worked as Sound Designer for Culture of the sea, a project of Dubai Culture at Shindagha Museum, Dubai.

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Brijith Madhavan

Acoustician - Awedible Acoustics

He is an Electronics & Telecommunication Engineer with an additional Audio Engineering Degree with 17 years of experience in acoustics, audio production, telecom & specialized designs for sound studio spaces. It is his vision and passion for SOUND from which AWEDIBLE was conceptualized. An avid reader, and music enthusiast and nevertheless inclined to technology and research on sound. He holds a patent for inventing a method & system for processing audio in a telecommunication network.

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Ranjith Meleppat

Music Composer/Producer

A passionate musician honed in audio engineering and music production with over 17 years of industry experience. 10 years of work experience in Dubai with leading media companies.Co-founded a leading studio enterprise in Kerala - My Studio,

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Aby Salvin Thomas

Music Composer / Programmer

Programmer & composer in the Indian film industry with vast experience in music production for many of the mainstream movies, who has an extraordinary talent in strings arrangement.

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Christo Xavier

Music Composer / Programmer

Music composer and producer who have worked with renowned music director Sushin Shyam for his latest projects and recently started his independent journey as music director, Christo is extremely talented in electronic music production.

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Bibin Ashok

Music Producer / Composer

A talented music producer who frequently works with composers like Bijibal, Anil Johnson, etc… He also started doing projects as an independent music composer.

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Fr. Jackson Xavier Kizhavana

Music Composer / Arranger

A priest from Ernakulam Angamaly Major Arch Diocese.Piano 8th Grade from Trinity College London Bac. in Orchestra Arrangements and Church Choral Singing, Vienna Master Student recently at Vienna Music University in Orchestra Arrangements and Film Composition.

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Nandhu Kartha

Music Composer/Producer

A passionate musician honed in audio engineering and music production with over 17 years of industry experience. 10 years of work experience in Dubai with leading media companies.Co-founded a leading studio enterprise in Kerala My Studio.

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Sony Emmanuel

Chief Sound Engineer at Asianet ( Star India )

Chief Sound Engineer at Asianet ( Star India )

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Vivek Thomas

Record Producer / Mixing & Mastering Engineer

Record producer, mixing, and mastering engineer who established VTP studios which is one of the best in Kochi.

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Manjith Scaria Paul

Sound Editor & Sound Designer

Sound editor and sound designer who frequently works with Malayalam and Hindi films.

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Arun Kumar

Sync Sound Recordist

Sync sound recordist in Bollywood and as well as in South Indian Film Industry passed out from FTII Pune.

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Anil johnson

Composer & Record Producer

Anil Johnson is an Indian film composer and record producer who works in Malayalam cinema. Besides feature films, he has composed commercials, documentaries, corporate films, short films, and music videos.

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Assistant Faculties


Adhurv Babu C

Music Programmer

The multi talented alumni of NHQ joined our team as music programmer, recording engineer and assistant faculty. He is part of the industry with his programming and engineering skills working on many of the happening projects. He also helps the students in completing their practical lab works and assignments .

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