Dr Deep Saini is Dalhousie University´s 12th President, Vice-Chancellor

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Bernama) -- Dr Deep Saini has been appointed Dalhousie University’s 12th President and Vice-Chancellor, as announced by the university’s Board of Governors.

He will begin his five-year term on Jan 1, 2020 and plans are underway for his first campus visit as President-Elect in early June.

He follows Dalhousie’s 11th president and vice-chancellor, Dr Richard Florizone, who served from 2013 until 2018, and Peter MacKinnon, currently serving in an interim capacity.

Presently, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra in Australia, Saini was the unanimous choice of the search committee.

He is an accomplished leader who combines significant Canadian post-secondary experience with a global outlook and a distinguished scientist who believes in the transformative power of education.

“The university’s singular commitment to its anchor role in the region’s economic and social development is fittingly matched to its lofty national and global aspirations — a balance that I have espoused throughout my career and will form the cornerstone of my leadership at Dal,” said Saini.

Fluent in English, French and three South Asian languages, Saini earned his PhD in Plant Physiology from the University of Adelaide in Australia.

-- BERNAMA