A focus on collaboration: Meet new Senate Chair Dr. Sachin Seth
Dalhousie Senate returned this fall with new chair Dr. Sachin Seth, tackling academic challenges with collaboration, curiosity, and a renewed focus on inclusive, forward-thinking governance.
By Ryan McNutt, October 24, 2025. The start of the academic year for the Dalhousie Senate was not ordinary due to the faculty labour disruption. Senate was quickly assembled once an agreement had been reached between the Board of Governors and the Dalhousie Faculty Association to review and vote on revised academic dates for the year.
- Adjusting the exam period to allow for more instruction time in courses that had been suspended.
These decisions are important considerations for the university’s top academic governing body and represented the first major business in the tenure of Senate’s new chair, Dr. Seth.
Dr. Seth, an assistant professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, formally began his three-year term as chair over the summer, succeeding Dr.
Author's summary: Dr. Sachin Seth is the new Senate Chair at Dalhousie University.