Deep Saini
Professor Deep Saini FRSN | |
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| Born | Hargurdeep Saini |
| Occupation | President and Vice-Chancellor, Dalhousie University |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Punjab Agricultural University (1977), University of Adelaide (1982) |
| Thesis | Physiological studies on sterility induced in wheat by heat and water deficit (1982) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Sub-discipline | Plant biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology |
Hargurdeep Saini (Punjabi ਹਰਗੁਣਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ), also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist[1] and current President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University.[2] He was previously the Vice-Chancellor and President of University of Canberra, a vice-president of University of Toronto and principal of the university's Mississauga campus, and dean of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.[3][4]
An alumnus of Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, and later the University of Adelaide, Australia, Saini began his academic career in Canada in 1982 when he joined the University of Alberta as a post-doctoral fellow.
Saini became a noted plant physiologist[1][5] and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.[6]
His awards and recognitions include honours from the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists, Nanjing University, the Sikh Foundation of Canada, the Royal Society of New South Wales, the Punjab Academy of Sciences and the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce. He was featured in India Abroad’s “2011 Power List” and is the recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[6]
He is fluent in English, French, Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b Advances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 2000.
- ^ "Dalhousie University welcomes new President". 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Singh, Gurmukh (22 January 2010). "Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university". IANS. Retrieved 30 December 2018 – via TwoCircles.net.
- ^ "UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Bulletin - American Society of Plant Physiologists, Issue 52, Bethesda, Md. [etc.] American Society of Plant Physiologists.
- ^ a b c "Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Punjabi people
- Living people
- Canadian physiologists
- University of Toronto faculty
- Plant physiologists
- Canadian molecular biologists
- Indian molecular biologists
- University of Canberra faculty
- University of Adelaide alumni
- University of Alberta alumni
- University of Waterloo faculty
- Scientists from Ontario
- 20th-century Indian scientists
- 21st-century Indian scientists
- 20th-century Canadian scientists
- 21st-century Canadian scientists
- Punjab Agricultural University people
- Indian physiologists