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<?xml version='1.0'?>
        <employee>
          <name>Pradeep</name>
...
          <sex>M</sex>
          <department>Coder</department>
        </employee>

use XML::Simple;
     use Data::Dumper;
     $xml=new XML::Simple;
     $data=$xml->XMLin("data.xml");
     print Dumper($data);

 <?xml version='1.0'?>
          <employee="risc_31>
           <name>John Doe</name>
...
           <sex>M</sex>
           <department>HR</department>
          </employee>