By A Staff Writer

The University of Toronto has appointed Indo-Canadian Prof. Hargurdeep Saini as vice-president and principal of the university's Mississauga campus for a five-year term.
Prof. Saini will take charge from July 1 of this year. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo.
"I'm delighted that Prof. Deep Saini is joining us as Vice President and Principal of the University of Toronto Mississauga," said President David Naylor.
"A fine scholar and generous mentor, Deep Saini has a very strong record of innovative leadership at the Université de Montreal and more recently the University of Waterloo. I am confident that Prof. Saini will provide outstanding leadership for our dynamic west campus," Naylor added.
Saini is an experienced administrator, researcher and teacher who has been Dean of Waterloo's Faculty of Environment since 2006. A professor in the Faculty's Department of Environment and Resource Studies, he also holds cross appointments in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and in the Department of Geography & Environmental Management, Faculty of Environment.
Prof. Saini holds a doctorate in Plant Physiology from the University of Adelaide, Waite Agricultural Research Institute (1982); an M.Sc. (Honours) in Botany (1977); and, a B.Sc. (Honours) in Botany (1975) from Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, India. He began his Canadian academic career in 1982 at the University of Alberta as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Plant Science.