Usha Valecha, Director of Sai Education Institutions and Bachpan School, passed at her residence in N.R. Mohalla yesterday following to brief illness. She was 64.

She leaves behind daughters Bhavana Bajaj, Hema Dodeja and Radhika Bhateja and son Suraj Valecha, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law and host of relatives and friends.

Last rites were performed at the crematorium located on the foot of Chamundi Hill yesterday, according to family sources.