About Us
A responsible global network shaping a benevolent future for humanity.
We are a collaborative alliance of visionary thinkers, global institutions, and changemakers - working across disciplines, sectors, and borders to facilitate a sustainable, inclusive world
Who We Are
The Sapience Network is a global community of sapient beings—individuals and institutions united by a shared purpose: to restore wisdom, balance, and equity to human civilisation
We partner with governments, multilateral bodies, and world institutions to help reimagine progress – not through dominance or ideology, but through responsibility, cooperation, and conscious action.
What Sapience Means
Sapience (Noun), Origin: Sapientia (Latin)
Meaning: Good taste, good sense, intelligence, and wisdom
At our core, we believe humanity’s future must be rooted in sapience—not just intelligence or ambition, but awareness, humility, and balance.
Our Vision
In a volatile, divided world, we envision a future of coexistence – where diverse cultures, communities, and ecosystems thrive in harmony.
A world that embraces:
Collective responsibility over individual rights
Dialogue over division
Conscious growth over unchecked consumption
Our Mission
To shape a truly sustainable future by applying wisdom to action—across governance, economics, culture, and ecology.
We do this by connecting influential experts, leaders, and institutions to co-create policies, platforms, and paradigms for global good.
Our Pillars
We focus on four foundational pillars that guide our work:
Polycentric World
Promoting collaboration and mutual respect across cultures, governments, and geographies—beyond size, power or influence.
Economic Sustainability
Evolving economic systems rooted in fairness, ethics, and long-term well-being for people and planet.
Conservation of biodiversity
Preserving biodiversity and natural resources through collective ecological responsibility.
Inclusive Progress
Honouring every culture and community while resisting the global trend toward homogenisation.
Why We Exist
The world today faces deep, complex, and interlinked crises:
- Economic Inequality: 74% of the world’s wealth is held by just 10% of the population, while the bottom 50% holds only 2%.
- Geopolitical Instability: Conflicts, wars, and natural calamities are compounding uncertainty. The World Uncertainty Index is at an all-time high.
- Digital Explosion: Over 5 billion people are digitally connected—yet many remain socially and economically disconnected.
- Cultural Erosion: Every two weeks, a language dies. Traditions and ancestral knowledge are rapidly vanishing.
- Ecological Collapse: Human consumption is driving mass extinction, wildfires, and glacial melt.
Our Response
In this landscape, The Sapience Network stands at the intersection of wisdom, collaboration, and action.
We bring together leading minds across science, art, economics, governance, and spirituality—to shape a future that is conscious, collaborative, and compassionate.
Why Sapience Matters
Sapience Network exists to shape a future that is righteous, conscious, balanced and rooted in wisdom. We’re a think-and-do tank, not just a think tank. Our focus goes beyond ideas to concrete, real action on the ground.
Our members bring decades of experience and a deep commitment to selfless service, united by the desire to multiply impact and serve humanity with integrity. The diversity of perspectives, blended with a view that is built on spiritual traditions and cultural depth, lends a unique perspective to our insights and actions.
By bridging diverse worldviews, advising institutions, and launching high-impact initiatives, Sapience is redefining how global change is envisioned and implemented.
In a world that needs both insight and action, Sapience offers both.
S Narendran
Public Policy Expert, Data Scientist
Director – Sapience Network
Madhusudan Rajagopalan
Entrepreneur, Social Worker
Director of Sapience Network
Himanshu Gulati
Member of Parliament Norway, Member of Nordic
Parliament
Director of Sapience Network
Monika Dizdarevic
International Policy Researcher, Social Worker
Dr Malav Shroff
Sports Administrator, Entrepreneur, Olympian
Nazem Al Kudzi
Arab historian, Public Policy Advisor
Aditya Khanna
Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist
Siddharth Sethi
Founder - Oxford India Forum
Lena Bäcker
Global Stateswoman, Diplomatic Strategist, Advisor to Royal Families
Mohanji
Humanitarian, Spiritual Leader, Environmentalist
Ravikumar Iyer
Historian, Social Worker, Global Thinker
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