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Beheruz Nariman Sethna | |
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| President of University of West Georgia | |
| In office 1994–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Dr. Maurice Townsend |
| Succeeded by | Dr. Kyle Marrero |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 India |
| Spouse(s) | Madhavi Sethna,Ed.D. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University,Indian Institute of Management,Indian Institute of Technology |
| Profession | Professor,university president |
Beheruz Nariman Sethna (born 1948) is a professor of business and retired sixth president of the University of West Georgia (UWG).
Sethna’s educational credentials include a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,Bombay (at which institution he has been named a Distinguished Alumnus),an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management,Ahmedabad (named a Distinguished Alumnus as well),an M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York,and participation in post-doctoral programs at Harvard and Indiana. He is a Certified Computer Professional and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.
Sethna’s previous work experience includes 13 years at Clarkson University in Potsdam,New York (Carnegie classification:Research University with high research activity;Doctoral,STEM dominant) and five years at Lamar University in Beaumont,Texas. He held tenured positions at both institutions and a named professorship at Lamar,in addition to administrative positions of increasing responsibility from the department chair to the executive vice president levels. He also has significant corporate experience having worked in major multinational companies in the U.S. and overseas.
Sethna remains active in teaching and scholarship. He has taught undergraduates every year since arriving at UWG,even while serving in the University System Office. He was elected Honors Professor of the Year and being the faculty advisor for student research teams which won the National Social Sciences Association competition,and for multiple student research teams which have received national recognition at the National Collegiate Honors Council and the National Council for Undergraduate Research. Seven of his courses (including the one he currently teaches) have won recognition in instructional innovation in nationwide competitions. He is the author or co-author of a book and 69 papers,more than 25 of which have been after becoming president.
Sethna was the catalyst for many of the changes that elevated UWG from a liberal arts college of 7,947 students in 1993–94 to an institution with full university status whose full-time equivalent enrollment has grown by 50 percent since his arrival. It has also conferred more than 20 doctoral degrees in the past year,including its first Ph.D. [1]
President Sethna has held several board memberships and has chaired boards and committees at the state,regional and national levels. For example,he has served on the board of directors of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education;he has completed a two-year term as chair of the board of the Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education (ARCHE);and he is the past chair of the board of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) and the Policies and Purposes Committee of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). He also serves as AASCU’s national chair of Asian-American Presidents.
In 2012,Sethna announced his retirement as president after 19 years of service to University of West Georgia. His retirement came in effect 30 June 2013. He continues at UWG as professor of business administration and intends to spend summers teaching English and science at Balgram,an orphanage school in India. [1]
He has twice served (in 1999–2000,and 2006–2007) as interim executive/senior vice chancellor for the University System of Georgia with responsibility for academic affairs,student affairs,instructional/information technology,and planning for 35 research and comprehensive universities and access institutions,260,000 students,and 10,000 faculty. Additionally,in 2006–07,he had line responsibility with the presidents of all 15 comprehensive universities reporting to him,accounting for about 40% of the public sector student enrollment in the entire state of Georgia.
Sethna is the first person of Indian origin ever to become president of an American university. [2] He is also the first person of any ethnic minority to become president of a college or university in Georgia other than a Historically Black one.
Sethna is a Parsi. [3] He has been married for more than 38 years to Madhavi Sethna,a UWG faculty member who has earned her MBA,MA,MS and Ed.D. They have two children:Anita Sethna,MD,a Facial Plastics and Board-certified ENT surgeon who heads the Emory Facial Center and is a graduate of Georgia Tech and Emory University School of Medicine;and Shaun Sethna,JD,deputy general counsel –for real estate,technology and financial services company in Houston,who is a graduate of Georgia Tech and Columbia Law School.
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