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]