New Delhi: A much expected visit of officials from the U.S. nuclear industry to India, scheduled to start Tuesday, has been postponed indefinitely as a fallout of the Mumbai terror attacks.

The delegation, comprising 50 senior officials from 30 private companies and led by GE-Hitachi chief executive Jack Fuller, was touted as the largest ever trade mission of nuclear executives to India.

An official from the U.S. India Business Council (USIBC), one of the organisers of the trip, told IANS the trade mission has now been "postponed indefinitel".

According to the earlier announced schedule, the U.S. team was to stay in India Dec 2-9 and visit New Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

The trip was being organised by the USIBC and Nuclear Energy Institute, with certification from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Another delegation of state-level education officials from Virgina also has postponed its week-long visit, scheduled to start from Dec 5.

The visit, organised by the U.S.-India Business Alliance, was of 12 officials from the education department who were to travel to different cities, including Mumbai, to learn about India's school system.