Amrit Tewari

Amrit Tewari
Born Chandigarh, Haryana, India
Other names Amrit Kaur Tewari
Occupation Dental physician
Known for Dentistry
Dental academics
Spouse(s) V. N. Tewari
Children Manish Tewari
Awards Padma Shri
Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit

Amrit Kaur Tewari is an Indian dental physician and a former Dean of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.[1][2] She is the first person to be selected as the Life member of the Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry (ISPPD)[3] and is a Fellow of the Indian Dental Association[4] and the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[5] She is also former member of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation.[6][7]

After her superannuation from PGIMER, she was made the Professor Emeritus of the Institute.[8] She has written several medical articles in peer reviewed journals[9][10] and has published a book, Fluorides and Dental Caries : A Compendium[11] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1992.[12] Tewari, a recipient of the Certificate of Merit of the Pierre Fauchard Academy,[13] 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 Sikh militants in 1984.[14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Support Manish Tewari". Jassikangura. 15 April 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "PGI starts dental treatment for young children". Hindustan Times. 6 February 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Life member of ISPPD" (PDF). Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry. 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Fellow of Indian Dental Association". Indian Dental Association. 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "List of Fellows - NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Congress leaders' kin in house". TImes of India. 22 December 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ "MINUTES OF THE 211 th MEETING" (PDF). Chandigarh Municipal Corporation. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ "List of Emeritus Professors of the Institute". Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ WorldCat identity. WorldCat.
  10. ↑ 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" 103 (1): 54–61. doi:10.1016/0889-5406(93)70105-W.
  11. ↑ Ved Prakash Jalili (Editor); Amrit Tewari (Principal contributor) (1986). Fluorides and dental caries : a compendium. Indian Dental Association. p. 114. OCLC 19399893.
  12. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Pierre Fauchard Academy Certificate of Merit". Pierre Fauchard Academy. 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ "MANISH TEWARI- Biography". NRI Internet. 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.


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