India will make a strong pitch for securing a full membership of the elite Nuclear Suppliers Group – NSG – during the visit of the Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to the US. Rao is leaving tonight. External Affairs Ministry officials today said in New Delhi that the Foreign Secretary intends to discuss with the US how to take forward the process of securing the full membership of NSG.The NSG has already pledged its support for New Delhi.AIR correspondent reports,during his visit to India last November, the US President Barack Obama had committed support for India's full membership in NSG and other multilateral export control regimes. Continuing its cooperation in the field, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke recently visited the country and was accompanied by delegates from 24 companies, promoting technologies and services related to civil nuclear energy,civil aviation, defence, homeland security and communications.During her stay, the Foreign Secretary will also speak tomorrow at the New School in New York on India-China.