Noted Indian scholar and plant physiologist H Deep Saini has been appointed the next Vice Chancellor of the prestigious University of Canberra.

H Deep Saini

• Saini, 60, currently the Vice-President of the University of Toronto and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga campus in Canada, will succeed Vice Chancellor Stephen Parker in September who steps down from the post in July after over nine years in the service.
• Saini, a notable plant physiologist, said he was thrilled to be appointed the University’s Vice-Chancellor at such a fantastic time for the institution.
• Saini completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, and doctorate in plant physiology from the University of Adelaide.
• Saini has received a number of honours including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. 

About H Deep Saini

• Hargurdeep Saini, also known as Deep Saini, is a notable scientist and is a Vice-President of University of Toronto. Additionally, he is currently also the principal of the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus. Saini was previously the 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 joined many Indian-origin educationists holding high positions in Canadian universities.

• Saini is a noted plant physiologist and is the past president of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists and the Federation of Canadian Plant Science Societies, Saini also visited India as part of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s ‘Clean Tech Mission to India’.