Peter Gonsalves

Peter Gonsalves is from Mumbai, India. He was born in a family that experienced centuries of political, economic, social and cultural changes which transformed an archipelago of verdant islands into a congested and chaotic metropolis. His trilogy on Gandhi's communication through cloth and clothing is the result of twenty years of experience in the promotion of media education for a culture of peace. A priest and Salesian of Don Bosco, Peter is a member of SIGNIS, a world association of Catholic communicators, and was president of INTERSIG, its international section. He has Masters diplomas in Philosophy (Jnanadeepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, 1982), Journalism and Communication (Symbiosis, Pune, 1993) and Media Education (British Film Institute, London, 2003). In 2007 he completed his PhD in Communication at Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, where he has taught 'History of Media', 'Media Education', 'Peace Communication', and is currently in charge of the doctoral program of the Faculty of the Sciences of Communication where he served as Dean between 2015-2018. He was appointed consultor to the Vatican Secretariat for Communications in 2017. He is also author of the teachers' manual for South Asia titled, 'Exercises in Peace Education', which is freely downloadable at his website: www.petergonsalves.in