South Block is preparing a database of foreign decision-makers and opinion-makers who have studied in Indian universities and educational institutions. The objective is to remain in touch with them. On Monday, it handpicked some of them - including Soe Win, secretary in the Myanmar government's education ministry, Laura Gibratovna Yerekesheva, an academic from Kazakhstan, I Ketut Widnya, the director general of Hindu Community Guidance in Indonesia's religious affairs ministry - to confer awards on them. There is a move to get more international alumni in the coming months and connect with changing India.