Accepting the award for his contribution to peace with the media ministry, Father Paul said, “This award is for all those who suffer injustice and human rights violation silently.” Speaking at the panel discussion before the award function, he said, “If you have been a victim of human rights violation and injustice, only then can you be a voice for the voiceless. Let us pledge to protect human rights in our neighbourhood, society and country.” Father Paul, from Calcutta Province, currently works as Vice Principal at Salesian College, Siliguri. 

Father Paul is also a recipient of the John Barrett Best Report Award from the Indian Catholic Press Association in 2008, the Ambassador of Jesus Award Calcutta for outstanding Media Priest in 2006 and the Media at the Service of the Gospel Award from International Catholic Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland in 2010.

A Kerala-born missionary priest, Father Paul is the founder-director of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati and Salesian College, Sonada. He is also the Founder-Director of Radio Salesian 90.8 FM in 2016 and Salesian TV (YouTube) in 2018 at Salesian College, Darjeeling. 

After completing his Master's Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Fordham University New York, Father Paul became the first non-Italian director of the Don Bosco News Agency in Rome. 

Father Paul has served as a Member of the Central Board of Film Certification, Govt of India, Information & Broadcasting Ministry from 2006 to 2008, and also is the founder-director of the first two Mother Teresa International Film Festivals held in Kolkata.