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{{short description|Indian dental physician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
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{{Infobox person
| 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
| yearsactive =
| known for = Dentistry<br>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]]<br>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]].<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>

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 ==
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* [[Manish Tewari]]
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