Deep Saini
Hargurdeep Saini, also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist and current President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University. 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.
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 and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration.
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.
He is fluent in English, French, Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi.
