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'''Amrit Kaur Tewari''' was an Indian dental physician and a former Dean of the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER), [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Support Manish Tewari">{{cite web | url=http://www.jassikhangura.com/press-releases-english/196-jassi-khangura-mla-requests-your-support-for-mr-manish-tewari-15042009 | title=Support Manish Tewari | publisher=Jassikangura | date=15 April 2009 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="PGI starts dental treatment for young children">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/pgi-starts-dental-treatment-for-young-children/story-2KfFhml5okI9yR3dYLtsAJ.html | title=PGI starts dental treatment for young children | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=6 February 2014 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> She also served as Head, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGI.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/prof-amrit-tewari-former-pgi-dean-passes-away-at-80-528752|title=Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>  She was the daughter of Sardar Tirath Singh Gurum who was the minister in the Erstwhile [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union|PEPSU]] .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isppd.org.in/obituary.aspx|title=obituary|website=www.isppd.org.in|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
'''Amrit Kaur Tewari''' was an Indian dental physician and a former Dean of the [[Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research]] (PGIMER), [[Chandigarh]].<ref name="Support Manish Tewari">{{cite web | url=http://www.jassikhangura.com/press-releases-english/196-jassi-khangura-mla-requests-your-support-for-mr-manish-tewari-15042009 | title=Support Manish Tewari | publisher=Jassikangura | date=15 April 2009 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="PGI starts dental treatment for young children">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/pgi-starts-dental-treatment-for-young-children/story-2KfFhml5okI9yR3dYLtsAJ.html | title=PGI starts dental treatment for young children | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=6 February 2014 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> She also served as Head, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGI.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/prof-amrit-tewari-former-pgi-dean-passes-away-at-80-528752|title=Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref>  She was the daughter of Sardar Tirath Singh Gurum who was the minister in the Erstwhile [[Patiala and East Punjab States Union|PEPSU]] .<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isppd.org.in/obituary.aspx|title=obituary|website=www.isppd.org.in|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


She was the first person to be selected as the Life member of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD)<ref name="Life member of ISPPD">{{cite web | url=http://www.isppd.org/images/248/Life%20Members_Website.pdf | title=Life member of ISPPD | publisher=Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092347/http://www.isppd.org/images/248/Life%20Members_Website.pdf | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a Fellow of the [[Indian Dental Association]]<ref name="Fellow of Indian Dental Association">{{cite web | url=http://www.dentalindia.com/finA.html | title=Fellow of Indian Dental Association | publisher=Indian Dental Association | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> She was also former member of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.<ref name="Congress leaders' kin in house">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Congress-leadersamp39-kin-in-house/articleshow/11198463.cms? | title=Congress leaders' kin in house | publisher=TImes of India | date=22 December 2011 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING">{{cite web | url=http://mcchandigarh.nic.in/Meetings%5CGeneral%20House%5CMinutes%5C211th_MG.pdf | title=MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING | publisher=Chandigarh Municipal Corporation | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070432/http://mcchandigarh.nic.in/Meetings/General%20House/Minutes/211th_MG.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
She was the first person to be selected as the Life member of the Indian Society of [[Pedodontics]] and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD)<ref name="Life member of ISPPD">{{cite web | url=http://www.isppd.org/images/248/Life%20Members_Website.pdf | title=Life member of ISPPD | publisher=Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092347/http://www.isppd.org/images/248/Life%20Members_Website.pdf | archive-date=5 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a Fellow of the [[Indian Dental Association]]<ref name="Fellow of Indian Dental Association">{{cite web | url=http://www.dentalindia.com/finA.html | title=Fellow of Indian Dental Association | publisher=Indian Dental Association | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> and the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]].<ref name="List of Fellows - NAMS">{{cite web | url=http://www.nams-india.in/downloads/fellowsmembers/ZZ.pdf | title=List of Fellows - NAMS | publisher=National Academy of Medical Sciences | date=2016 | access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> She was also former member of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.<ref name="Congress leaders' kin in house">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Congress-leadersamp39-kin-in-house/articleshow/11198463.cms? | title=Congress leaders' kin in house | publisher=Times of India | date=22 December 2011 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING">{{cite web | url=http://mcchandigarh.nic.in/Meetings%5CGeneral%20House%5CMinutes%5C211th_MG.pdf | title=MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING | publisher=Chandigarh Municipal Corporation | access-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070432/http://mcchandigarh.nic.in/Meetings/General%20House/Minutes/211th_MG.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


After her superannuation from PGIMER, she was made the Professor Emeritus of the Institute.<ref name="List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute">{{cite web | url=http://pgimer.edu.in/PGIMER_PORTAL/PGIMERPORTAL/GlobalPages/JSP/Page_Data.jsp?dep_id=526 | title=List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute | publisher=Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> She had written several medical articles in peer reviewed journals<ref name="WorldCat identity">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ATewari%2C+Amrit.&qt=hot_author | title=WorldCat identity | publisher=WorldCat }}</ref><ref name="A study of clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in subjects with normal occlusion, untreated, and treated malocclusions">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ajodo.org/article/0889-5406(93)70105-W/abstract | title=A study of clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in subjects with normal occlusion, untreated, and treated malocclusions | author=Lotika Wadhwa | author2=Ashok Utreja | author3=Amrit Tewari1c | year=January 1993 | volume=103 | issue=1 | pages=54–61 | doi=10.1016/0889-5406(93)70105-W}}</ref> and had published a book, ''Fluorides and Dental Caries : A Compendium''<ref name="Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/fluorides-and-dental-caries-a-compendium/oclc/19399893 | title=Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium | publisher=Indian Dental Association | editor=Ved Prakash Jalili |others=Amrit Tewari (Principal contributor) | year=1986 | pages=114 | OCLC=19399893}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Tewari, a recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Pierre Fauchard Academy,<ref name="Pierre Fauchard Academy certificate of Merit">{{cite web | url=http://www.pfaindia.org/AWARD.htm | title=Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit | publisher=Pierre Fauchard Academy | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> was married to [[V. N. Tiwari|V. N. Tewari]], an author and professor of Punjabi at [[Punjab University, Chandigarh, India|Punjab University]] and has a son, [[Manish Tewari]], an Indian politician and a former [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. V. N. Tewari was the victim of [[Punjab insurgency]], when he was shot dead by militants in 1984.<ref name="MANISH TEWARI- Biography">{{cite web | url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIcongressparty/Indian_Leaders/A_Z/T/Manish_Tewari/BIO/index.htm | title=MANISH TEWARI- Biography | publisher=NRI Internet | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
After her superannuation from PGIMER, she was made the [[Professor Emeritus]] of the Institute.<ref name="List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute">{{cite web | url=http://pgimer.edu.in/PGIMER_PORTAL/PGIMERPORTAL/GlobalPages/JSP/Page_Data.jsp?dep_id=526 | title=List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute | publisher=Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> She had written several medical articles in peer reviewed journals<ref name="WorldCat identity">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ATewari%2C+Amrit.&qt=hot_author | title=WorldCat identity | publisher=WorldCat }}</ref><ref name="A study of clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in subjects with normal occlusion, untreated, and treated malocclusions">{{cite journal |journal=[[American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics]] |url=http://www.ajodo.org/article/0889-5406(93)70105-W/abstract | title=A study of clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in subjects with normal occlusion, untreated, and treated malocclusions | author=Lotika Wadhwa | author2=Ashok Utreja | author3=Amrit Tewari1c | year=January 1993 | volume=103 | issue=1 | pages=54–61 | doi=10.1016/0889-5406(93)70105-W}}</ref> and had published a book, ''Fluorides and Dental Caries : A Compendium''<ref name="Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium">{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/fluorides-and-dental-caries-a-compendium/oclc/19399893 | title=Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium | publisher=Indian Dental Association | editor=Ved Prakash Jalili |others=Amrit Tewari (Principal contributor) | year=1986 | pages=114 | OCLC=19399893}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Tewari, a recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Pierre Fauchard Academy,<ref name="Pierre Fauchard Academy certificate of Merit">{{cite web | url=http://www.pfaindia.org/AWARD.htm | title=Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit | publisher=Pierre Fauchard Academy | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref> was married to [[V. N. Tiwari|V. N. Tewari]], an author and professor of Punjabi at [[Punjab University, Chandigarh, India|Punjab University]] and has a son, [[Manish Tewari]], an Indian politician and a former [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. V. N. Tewari was the victim of [[Punjab insurgency]], when he was shot dead by militants in 1984.<ref name="MANISH TEWARI- Biography">{{cite web | url=http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIcongressparty/Indian_Leaders/A_Z/T/Manish_Tewari/BIO/index.htm | title=MANISH TEWARI- Biography | publisher=NRI Internet | date=2015 | access-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
 
== Family ==
Amrit Kaur Tewari's father Sardar Tirath Singh was a minister in the erstwhile PEPSU. Her brother Barjinder Shingh was chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes while her sister Surinder Kaur retired as an [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] officer.Her husband VN Tewari was a professor at the [[Punjab University]]. Her son was the former Union Minister Manish Tewari, and daughter Puneet Tewari, is settled in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/chandigarh/prof-amrit-tewari-former-pgi-dean-passes-away-at-80-528752|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>
 
== Death ==
Amrit Kaur Tewari passed away on January 15, 2018 due to prolonged illness. She was survived by her son the former Union Minister Manish Tewari.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-15|title=Congress leader Manish Tewari’s mother no more|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/congress-leader-manish-tewaris-mother-no-more-5024841/|access-date=2021-11-27|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 19:12, 27 November 2021


Amrit Kaur Tewari
Born(1938-09-05)September 5, 1938
Chandigarh, India
DiedJanuary 13, 2018(2018-01-13) (aged 79)
Chandigarh, India
Other namesAmrit Kaur Tewari
OccupationPediatric Dentist
Known forDentistry
Dental academics
Spouse(s)V. N. Tewari
ChildrenManish Tewari and daughter
Parent(s)Sardar Tirath Singh
AwardsPadma Shri
Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit

Amrit Kaur Tewari was an Indian dental physician and a former Dean of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.[1][2] She also served as Head, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGI.[3] She was the daughter of Sardar Tirath Singh Gurum who was the minister in the Erstwhile PEPSU .[4][3]

She was the first person to be selected as the Life member of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD)[5] and is a Fellow of the Indian Dental Association[6] and the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[7] She was also former member of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.[8][9]

After her superannuation from PGIMER, she was made the Professor Emeritus of the Institute.[10] She had written several medical articles in peer reviewed journals[11][12] and had published a book, Fluorides and Dental Caries : A Compendium[13] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[14] Tewari, a recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Pierre Fauchard Academy,[15] was married to V. N. Tewari, an author and professor of Punjabi at Punjab University and has a son, Manish Tewari, an Indian politician and a former Minister of Information and Broadcasting. V. N. Tewari was the victim of Punjab insurgency, when he was shot dead by militants in 1984.[16]

Family[edit | edit source]

Amrit Kaur Tewari's father Sardar Tirath Singh was a minister in the erstwhile PEPSU. Her brother Barjinder Shingh was chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes while her sister Surinder Kaur retired as an IRS officer.Her husband VN Tewari was a professor at the Punjab University. Her son was the former Union Minister Manish Tewari, and daughter Puneet Tewari, is settled in the US.[17]

Death[edit | edit source]

Amrit Kaur Tewari passed away on January 15, 2018 due to prolonged illness. She was survived by her son the former Union Minister Manish Tewari.[18]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Support Manish Tewari". Jassikangura. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "PGI starts dental treatment for young children". Hindustan Times. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Service, Tribune News. "Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "obituary". www.isppd.org.in. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Life member of ISPPD" (PDF). Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Fellow of Indian Dental Association". Indian Dental Association. 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Congress leaders' kin in house". Times of India. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING" (PDF). Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute". Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  11. ↑ WorldCat identity. WorldCat.
  12. ↑ Lotika Wadhwa; Ashok Utreja; Amrit Tewari1c (January 1993). "A study of clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in subjects with normal occlusion, untreated, and treated malocclusions". American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. 103 (1): 54–61. doi:10.1016/0889-5406(93)70105-W.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: year (link)
  13. ↑ Ved Prakash Jalili, ed. (1986). Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium. Amrit Tewari (Principal contributor). Indian Dental Association. p. 114. OCLC 19399893.
  14. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit". Pierre Fauchard Academy. 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "MANISH TEWARI- Biography". NRI Internet. 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  17. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  18. ↑ "Congress leader Manish Tewari's mother no more". The Indian Express. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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