Biography:Deep Saini
Deep Saini FRSN | |
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ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ | |
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| Born | Hargurdeep Saini |
| Occupation | Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill 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: ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ), also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist,[1] and is the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[2]
Career
Hargurdeep Saini was previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University,[3] a 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.[4][5] Saini became a noted plant physiologist[1][6] and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.[7]
On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022,[3] to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University.[8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Advances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 2000.
- ↑ "McGill University appoints H. Deep Saini as new Principal and Vice-Chancellor" (in en-CA). 2022-11-14. https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-university-appoints-h-deep-saini-new-principal-and-vice-chancellor-343502.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini" (in en). https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html.
- ↑ Singh, Gurmukh (22 January 2010). "Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university". IANS. http://twocircles.net/2010jan22/indo_canadian_gets_top_post_canadas_top_university.html.
- ↑ "UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga". http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/21/c3105.html.
- ↑ Bulletin - American Society of Plant Physiologists, Issue 52, Bethesda, Md. [etc.] American Society of Plant Physiologists.
- ↑ "Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president". https://www.dal.ca/news/2019/05/16/introducing-dalhousie-s-12th-president.html.
- ↑ "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini". https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html.
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