Amrit Tewari

{{Short description|Indian dental physician and academic (1938–2018)}}

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| name = Amrit Kaur Tewari

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|09|05}}

| birth_place = Chandigarh, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|01|13|1938|09|05}}

| death_place = Chandigarh, India

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| othername = Amrit Kaur Tewari

| occupation = Pediatric Dentist

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| known for = Dentistry
Dental academics

| spouse = V. N. Tewari

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| children = Manish Tewari and daughter

| parents = Sardar Tirath Singh

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| awards = Padma Shri
Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit

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Amrit Kaur Tewari (September 5, 1938 – January 13, 2018) was an Indian dental physician and a former Dean of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.{{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}}{{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}} She also served as Head, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGI.{{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}} She was the daughter of Sardar Tirath Singh Gurum who was the minister in the Erstwhile PEPSU .{{Cite web |url=http://www.isppd.org.in/obituary.aspx |title=obituary |website=www.isppd.org.in |access-date=2020-04-02}}

She was the first person to be selected as the Life member of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (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}} and is a Fellow of the 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 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030235/http://www.dentalindia.com/finA.html |url-status=dead }} and the National Academy of Medical Sciences.{{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}} She was also former member of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.{{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}}{{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}}

After her superannuation from PGIMER, she was made the Professor Emeritus 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}} She had written several medical articles in peer reviewed journals{{cite book |url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ATewari%2C+Amrit.&qt=hot_author |title=WorldCat identity |publisher=WorldCat}}{{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|author1=Lotika Wadhwa |author2=Ashok Utreja |author3=Amrit Tewari |date=January 1993 |volume=103 |issue=1 |pages=54–61 |doi=10.1016/0889-5406(93)70105-W|pmid=8422032 |url-access=subscription }} and had published a book, Fluorides and Dental Caries : A Compendium{{cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/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}} The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.{{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://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}} Tewari, a recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Pierre Fauchard Academy,{{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}} 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.{{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}}