Amrit Tewari Explained

Amrit Kaur Tewari
Birth Date:5 September 1938
Birth Place:Chandigarh, India
Death Place:Chandigarh, India
Othername:Amrit Kaur Tewari
Occupation:Pediatric Dentist
Known For:Dentistry
Dental academics
Spouse:V. N. Tewari
Children:Manish Tewari and daughter
Parents:Sardar Tirath Singh
Awards:Padma Shri
Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit

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.[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]

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

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

Amrit Kaur Tewari died on January 15, 2018, due to prolonged illness.[18]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Support Manish Tewari . Jassikangura . 15 April 2009 . 15 October 2015.
  2. Web site: PGI starts dental treatment for young children . Hindustan Times . 6 February 2014 . 15 October 2015.
  3. Web site: Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80 . Service . Tribune News . Tribuneindia News Service . en . 2020-04-02.
  4. Web site: obituary . www.isppd.org.in . 2020-04-02.
  5. Web site: Life member of ISPPD . Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry . 2015 . 15 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092347/http://www.isppd.org/images/248/Life%20Members_Website.pdf . 5 March 2016 . dead.
  6. Web site: Fellow of Indian Dental Association . Indian Dental Association . 2015 . 15 October 2015 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030235/http://www.dentalindia.com/finA.html . dead .
  7. Web site: List of Fellows - NAMS . National Academy of Medical Sciences . 2016 . 19 March 2016.
  8. Web site: Congress leaders' kin in house . Times of India . 22 December 2011 . 15 October 2015.
  9. Web site: MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING . Chandigarh Municipal Corporation . 15 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803070432/http://mcchandigarh.nic.in/Meetings/General%20House/Minutes/211th_MG.pdf . 3 August 2016 . dead.
  10. Web site: List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute . Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research . 2015 . 15 October 2015.
  11. Book: WorldCat identity . WorldCat.
  12. . A study of clinical signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction in subjects with normal occlusion, untreated, and treated malocclusions . Lotika Wadhwa . Ashok Utreja . Amrit Tewari1c . January 1993 . 103 . 1 . 54–61 . 10.1016/0889-5406(93)70105-W. 8422032 .
  13. Book: Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium . Indian Dental Association . Ved Prakash Jalili . Amrit Tewari (Principal contributor) . 1986 . 114 . 19399893.
  14. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015.
  15. Web site: Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit . Pierre Fauchard Academy . 2015 . 15 October 2015.
  16. Web site: MANISH TEWARI- Biography . NRI Internet . 2015 . 15 October 2015.
  17. Web site: Service . Tribune News . Prof Amrit Tewari, former PGI Dean, passes away at 80 . 2021-11-27 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.
  18. Web site: 2018-01-15 . Congress leader Manish Tewari's mother no more . 2021-11-27 . The Indian Express . en.