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Tej Kohli

Tej Kohli is a philanthropist & investor who backs ventures in the fields of AI, robotics and biotech. He is also a real estate magnate and the founder of the NGO Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation.

Curing impoverished communities of blindness: a story from the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation

Curing impoverished communities of blindness: a story from the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation

Growing up, Soorya Mani Rai did not have access to education — there wasn’t a local school in her area, and her parents could not afford to send her away to study. But as it is in the hills of Nepal, there is plenty to do — even for a growing

Construction worker receives a second chance of sight | Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation

Construction worker receives a second chance of sight | Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation

Bidur is a 52-year-old daily wage earner working in the shadow economy of Nepal’s informal construction sector. As a part of his job, he is expected to do a lot of manual and hazardous work such as carrying heavy loads, digging trenches and breaking boulders. Frequent lockdowns due to

First her kidneys failed, and then her eyesight: a story from the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation

First her kidneys failed, and then her eyesight: a story from the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation

When 48-year-old Mai Khanal’s kidneys failed six years ago, doctors said that she would need to undergo regular dialysis. At that time, kidney failure patients in Nepal still had to pay for their dialysis treatment. For Mai, the monthly cost of US $250 was more than what her family

Want to tackle poverty? Start with blindness

Want to tackle poverty? Start with blindness

One of the underreported tragedies of our time is that nearly 90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries where poverty and blindness perpetuate in a descending cycle. Blindness has been proven to be both a cause and an effect of extreme poverty. Blind people in developing countries

Women in the world’s poorest communities are being empowered by projects to restore their sight

Women in the world’s poorest communities are being empowered by projects to restore their sight

90% of the world’s blind live in low-income countries and 64.5% are women. A new program by London tycoon Tej Kohli and ‘God of Sight’ Dr. Sanduk Ruit plans to screen 1,000,000 and cure at least 300,000 of cataract blindness by 2026. 14-year-old Bipani Rai

Tej Kohli: India’s Forgotten XP Children

Tej Kohli: India’s Forgotten XP Children

At 8PM BST today documentary film ‘Father Will I See Again?’ will premiere online on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inf9z3p0Dis. The film reveals how corneal transplants are bringing hope to those living in the shadows with Xeroderma Pigmentosum, a rare genetic condition which causes the skin

Does EV demand make lithium less speculative?

Does EV demand make lithium less speculative?

As primarily a tech investor I typically dismiss small and mid-cap mining stocks as high-risk and high volatility. So, I surprised even myself this week by starting to look more closely at Bacanora Lithium (LSE: BCN) and Savannah Resources (LSE: SAV). Electric vehicles, or EVs, rely heavily on lithium as