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==Career==
==Career==
Hargurdeep Saini was previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of [[Dalhousie University]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini |url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Dalhousie News |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|url=http://twocircles.net/2010jan22/indo_canadian_gets_top_post_canadas_top_university.html|title=Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university|last=Singh|first=Gurmukh|date=22 January 2010|access-date=30 December 2018|publisher=IANS|via=TwoCircles.net}}</ref><ref name="UoT">{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/21/c3105.html|title=UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga|access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Saini became a noted plant physiologist<ref name ="Sparks">Advances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 2000.</ref><ref>Bulletin - American Society of Plant Physiologists, Issue 52, Bethesda, Md. [etc.] American Society of Plant Physiologists.</ref> and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.<ref name="dal">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2019/05/16/introducing-dalhousie-s-12th-president.html|title=Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president|website=Dalhousie News|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>   
Hargurdeep Saini was previously the President and Vice-Chancellor of [[Dalhousie University]],<ref name="dal.ca">{{Cite web |title=Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini |url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Dalhousie News |language=en}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|url=http://twocircles.net/2010jan22/indo_canadian_gets_top_post_canadas_top_university.html|title=Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university|last=Singh|first=Gurmukh|date=22 January 2010|access-date=30 December 2018|publisher=IANS|via=TwoCircles.net}}</ref><ref name="UoT">{{cite web|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/21/c3105.html|title=UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga|access-date=11 September 2016}}</ref> Saini became a noted plant physiologist<ref name ="Sparks">Advances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 2000.</ref><ref>Bulletin - American Society of Plant Physiologists, Issue 52, Bethesda, Md. [etc.] American Society of Plant Physiologists.</ref> and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.<ref name="dal">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2019/05/16/introducing-dalhousie-s-12th-president.html|title=Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president|website=Dalhousie News|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>   


On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini |url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Dalhousie News |language=en}}</ref> to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor of [[McGill University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html |title=Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini}}</ref>
On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022,<ref name="dal.ca"/> to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor of [[McGill University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2022/11/14/announcement.html |title=Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:07, 3 October 2023


Deep Saini

FRSN
ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ
Deep Saini Headshot Wikipedia 2019.png
Born
Hargurdeep Saini
OccupationPrincipal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University
Academic background
Alma materPunjab Agricultural University (1977), University of Adelaide (1982)
ThesisPhysiological studies on sterility induced in wheat by heat and water deficit (1982)
Academic work
DisciplineBiology
Sub-disciplinePlant 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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Advances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego [etc.] : Academic Press, cop. 2000.
  2. "McGill University appoints H. Deep Saini as new Principal and Vice-Chancellor". 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  4. Singh, Gurmukh (22 January 2010). "Indo-Canadian gets top post in Canada's top university". IANS. Retrieved 30 December 2018 – via TwoCircles.net.
  5. "UofT appoints new Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga". Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. Bulletin - American Society of Plant Physiologists, Issue 52, Bethesda, Md. [etc.] American Society of Plant Physiologists.
  7. "Introducing Deep Saini, Dalhousie's 12th president". Dalhousie News. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. "Important announcement regarding President Deep Saini".