The solution was to install the module as non-root user. The details are provided in the following link:
http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~you/notes/perl-module-install.html
After doing the things described here, a couple of small steps are to be completed which are mentioned in the following link:
http://perlmaven.com/how-to-change-inc-to-find-perl-modules-in-non-standard-locations
This worked for me! I hope it would be of help to others too!