Hargurdeep Saini ( Punjabi: ਹਰਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸੈਣੀ), also known as Deep Saini, is a scientist, current President and Vice-Chancellor of Dalhousie University and incoming Principal and

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Career

Hargurdeep Saini was previously the

and President of

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, a vice-president of

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, and principal of the university's Mississauga campus, and dean of the Faculty of Environment at the

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. Saini became a noted plant physiologistAdvances in Agronomy, pp ix, Volume 68 By Donald L. Sparks, San Diego tc.: Academic Press, cop. 2000. and served as director general of the Plant Biology Research Institute in Montreal before moving into university administration. On 14 November 2022, it was announced that Deep Saini will step down from his role as president of Dalhousie, effective 31 December 2022, to become Principal and Vice-Chancellor of

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