About Networks for Humanity​

Networks for Humanity (NFH) is a global non-profit initiative with a bold vision to provide open, interoperable digital infrastructure in the intelligence era to empower individuals and businesses globally. The name reflects our vision — just as the internet connected humanity through seamless information exchange, NFH seeks to build open networks for seamless value exchange.

Our work today centers on two flagship missions:

Finternet

A vision for a global financial internet that empowers individuals and businesses with direct control over storing and moving their assets through trusted, programmable and interoperable systems.

Beckn

Beckn is a vision for the world where people and businesses can move and exchange value effortlessly using open networks as the universal digital infrastructure.

Together, Finternet and Beckn, powered by an underlying credential and trust infrastructure, provide the foundations of an emerging “internet of value,” enabling value of any kind to be represented, discovered and exchanged seamlessly across ecosystems.

Founders and Patrons

NFH is guided by its founders and global patrons who bring deep experience, vision and stewardship to its missions.

Patrons

Visionary leaders who guide our mission and provide strategic direction.

Co-founder of Infosys and founding chairman of UIDAI, where he led the creation of Aadhaar. He has been central to India’s digital public infrastructure including UPI and ONDC, and now champions global open systems through NFH.

Nandan Nilekani

Founder and Patron

Former General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Previously Governor of the Bank of Mexico, Deputy Managing Director at the IMF, and Mexico’s Finance Minister, he is a leading global voice on financial stability and the future of money.

Agustín Carstens

Patron

Chief Technologist of Google. Previously oversaw Search, Ads, Geo, Commerce, and other critical product areas. Pioneered research in algorithms, information retrieval, and web search that laid the intellectual foundations for much of today's digital ecosystem. A senior leader from Google.org bringing a global perspective on open technology and inclusion.

Prabhakar Raghavan

Patron

Founders

The founding team bringing together decades of experience in building large-scale digital infrastructure.

Chief Architect of Aadhaar and UPI, and Co-creator of Beckn and Finternet. He has played a key role in designing large-scale digital identity and payment systems, and continues to shape technology architectures of global digital infrastructure.

Dr. Pramod Varma

Co-founder and Chief Architect, NFH

Co-founder and CEO of Beckn. He has led the development of open protocols for commerce and mobility, and brings deep experience in building collaborative governance models for digital ecosystems.

Sujith Nair

Co-founder, NFH & CEO, Beckn Labs

Technology entrepreneur and Co-creator of Finternet. He has been closely involved in shaping India’s account aggregator and digital infrastructure frameworks, and leads efforts to advance Finternet and open networks globally.

Siddharth Shetty

Co-founder, NFH & CEO, Finternet Labs

Our Global Network of Labs

Our work is carried out through a network of global labs that serve as centers of research, design and co-creation. These labs bring together collaborators to test and advance our missions and to build open digital infrastructure in practice.

New York, USA

San Francisco, USA

Zug, Switzerland

Bangalore, India

ICP Brunton Central, 7/4 Brunton Road, Bangalore 560025, India

Singapore

1 Harbourfront Avenue, #14-07, Keppel Bay Tower, Singapore- 098632

Get in Touch

Supporting NFH’s missions means contributing to global digital public goods. We welcome collaboration from institutions, builders and supporters who share our vision of trusted, interoperable networks at population scale. Partners can engage through funding, expertise or intellectual property to help scale our missions responsibly.

To explore supporting NFH’s missions, please write to:

connect@networksforhumanity.org