Armed with the NSG waiver, India is set to join an elite nuclear research centre in Russia set up by the former Soviet bloc countries. Chairman of the Prime Minister's Science Advisory Council Prof. CNR Rao said in Moscow that India will become a member of the Dubna Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR).Rao, who is in Moscow to co-chair the Joint Council of the Indo-Russian Integrated Long-term Programme (ILTP) for science and technology cooperation, said the two Indian delegations have already visited Dubna, a science city situated 120 km from the Russian capital. He said the Department of Atomic Energy is carrying out the necessary negotiations. India could not join the JINR as the country had not signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT).