Deep Saini
Deep Saini FRSN | |
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ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ | |
Saini in 2019 | |
| 18th President and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2023 | |
| Chancellor | John McCall MacBain Pierre Boivin |
| Preceded by | Suzanne Fortier |
| 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University | |
| In office January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2023 | |
| Chancellor | Rustum Southwell |
| Preceded by | Richard Florizone Peter MacKinnon (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Kim Brooks |
| 5th President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Canberra | |
| In office September 1, 2016 – December 24, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Parker |
| Succeeded by | Paddy Nixon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hagurdeep Saini |
| Education | Punjab Agricultural University University of Adelaide |
| Occupation | President and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biology |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Physiological studies on sterility induced in wheat by heat and water deficit (1982) |
| Doctoral advisors | Bryan Coomb Don Aspinall |
Hargurdeep Saini (Punjabi: ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ) is an Indian-Canadian scientist and university administrator. He is the president and vice-chancellor of McGill University in Montreal. He was previously the president and vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University, a vice-chancellor and President of University of Canberra, a vice-president of University of Toronto, and principal of the university's Mississauga campus.