2 CAPITAL TIMES September 20, 1991.
Dhir enjoys relocation to PSH
Hilary Zeiders
Capital Times Staff
Tjie fall 1991 semester brought many
new faces to the campus. Along with
the students, a new director of the
School of Business Administration at
Penn State Harrisburg arrived in August.
The new director, Krishna Dhir, is
originally from India and came to the
college because he feels it is an
institution on the move with a clear
mission of a metropolitan college.
"It has the potential of making an
impact on this region," Dhir said.
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stress management because there is
much tension in our country," she said.
This is Kuzetsova's second visit to
the U.S. She was part of a two-week
seminar along with five other Soviet
educators in 'BB when she attended health
workshops on nutrition, drug and
alcohol abuse, smoking and stress
management. Ironically, she returned to
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the States Aug.ls, just four days before
the coup broke out.
Kuzetsova said that the coup was
totally unexpected to her and that before
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He says that this university can
contribute to the local economy by
training educating and developing people
who are professionals.
"We not only provide services to
students, but to the businesses," he
added.
Dhir's main goal, as director of the
department, is moving toward
accreditation to the American Assembly
Collegiate Schools of Business.
"We would like to be accredited in
our own right," Dhir said.
One of Dhir's favorite parts of this
job is the people he has met.
she left things seemed to be peaceful.
She talked about walking through Red
Square and seeing the many tourists on
vacation. And despite the country's
economic state, there were very few
protests or demostrations.
"When the coup started, I was sure it
would not last very long, "she said.
"The people had a taste of this
democracy and freedom, and were not
willing to give that up.”
Kuzetsova said that ever since
glasnost and perestroika were adopted in
the winter of 1986-87, the Soviet people
were in favor of Gorbachev’s policies
until the economy began to falter. She
said it was when Gorbachev began
putting conservatives in power, the same
conservatives that would later plot
against him, that Gorbachev's popularity
began to shift amongst the Soviet
people. The result was a gradual rise in
prices and a troubled economy.
"The people thought that perestroika
brought them democracy and openess,
but democracy not in the broad sense of
[the USA]," she said. "And what was
really needed for the people was food -
food to feed themselves and their
families."
Kuzetsova has two daughters of her
own, one, 19, and presently attending
the Financial Economic Institute in
Leningrad, and the other, 12, is a student
at Feaser Middle School in Middletown,
who tells her mother how she is happy
with her school and likes, most of all,
American shopping malls.
Kuzetsova then recalled a letter she
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"I found it very easy to join the
faculty here," he said.
Dhir began his college education at
the Indian Institute of technology in
Bombay, India. After receiving a
bachelor's degree in technology in 1966,
Dhir attended universities across the
United States. He earned a master's
degree in science from Michigan State
University in 1967, a master's degree in
business administration from the
University of Hawaii in 1968, and a
Ph.D in business administration from
the University of Colorado in 1975.
Dhir performed additional graduate
studies at Ohio University and Camegie-
had received from her oldest daughter
when she was visiting the states for the
first time.
"She said, 'Mom, American people,
they all smile and I learned to smile,'"
Kuzetsova laughingly said.
Kuzetsova said that Americans
wonder why her people seem to never
smile and always appear to be angry and
frowning.
"We are very proud people and
seldom smile," she said. "It's not that
we can’t smile, we're so absorbed in our
"So, for American
people it also took time to
become a democratic
society."
problems. We look angry but we are
really exhausted and tired."
But in a more positive tone,
Kuzetsova said she feels confident that
things will improve for her country.
She was careful to add that time is a
great factor and that changes must be
"quick and radical" to continue in the
right direction.
"Nobody can predict [the future of the
Soviet Union]," she said. "It may be 10
years or 20 years. Maybe in my lifetime
-maybe. But it will take time. So, for
American people it also took time to
become a democratic society."
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Dhir is a member of several
professional organizations, such as the
Decision Sciences Institute, Academy of
Management, Indian Institution of
Industrial Engineers, Academy of
International Business and the
Information Resources Management
Associations.
Dhir is looking forward to many
years with Penn State Harrisburg.
"It is located in a very pretty area," he
commented.
In his spare time, Dhir enjoys
camping and spending time outdoors.
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