Udaipur: Udai Lal Chandalia, retired director of the Community Centers Department, JanardanRai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth passed away on 6th March, 2019 after a brief illness. He was ninety years. He was hospitalized in December 2018 and had been discharged after almost a fortnight. After he came back to his home he did not recover and left for his heavenly abode on 6th of March. He was an active member of All India Students Federation during his college days and was elected in the executive body of the Students Union of M.B. College then affiliated to erstwhile Rajputana University. He participated in the freedom struggle and remained in Jail with veteran Communist leaders Hukam Raj Mehta and Bhagwat Singh Bhandari. He joined Indian Railways and was an active trade union activist. He lost his job due to his affiliation with Communist Party of India. There after he joined Rajasthan Vidyapeeth in 1953 and served it for nearly 43 years till 1996 in various capacities including Vice Principal, Janta College, Director, LokShikshanPratishthan, Community Centers Department and SamvaidhanikKaryaMantri. A close associate of founder of Rajasthan VidyapeethManishiPdt. JanardanRai Nagar, he contributed a lot in building up of the institution. On his death several institutions and individuals paid rich tributes to him.