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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.

Ending Poverty Blindness Means Ending Gender Inequality

Ending Poverty Blindness Means Ending Gender Inequality

It is well evidenced that when women are empowered, the better their communities and the planet. There are approximately 25 million women in the world who are blind, and 90 percent of them live in poor and developing countries where barriers to access leave them more exposed. In my recent

Why Eliminating Avoidable Blindness Can Eradicate Poverty

Why Eliminating Avoidable Blindness Can Eradicate Poverty

It is imperative that prospective social investments — such as those required to build and maintain a sustainable eye health care sector in order to eliminate avoidable blindness and visual impairment — clearly demonstrate that they are effective and represent good value for money. Policymakers are constantly seeking ways to improve the

Using AI To Predict Poverty

Using AI To Predict Poverty

Artificial intelligence is becoming omnipresent and has the potential to improve every aspect of human life. Whilst rapid technological progression does risk exacerbating inequality, there are also reasons to be optimistic. Technologists are already harnessing AI’s data-mining ability in the fight against what the UN calls today’s greatest

Gender Discrimination in Health Care

Gender Discrimination in Health Care

“I shouldn’t feel scared to go to the doctor,” says a young woman, in a report by Deutsche Welle (DW) last year around women’s healthcare in India. Women in India face many obstacles when accessing healthcare; these range from logistical barriers, such as traveling to a medical facility,

Poverty blindness is a double disenfranchisement for women

Poverty blindness is a double disenfranchisement for women

Achieving gender equality in healthcare and education will help to prevent, alleviate and cure the poverty-driven blindness that disproportionately impacts women in poor communities. According to the World Health Organisation of 39 million blind people in the world, 64% are girls and women. That is more than 25 million women

The Potential of Impact Investing in the Technology Sector

The Potential of Impact Investing in the Technology Sector

As we emerge from the Coronavirus pandemic, there is a positive focus on returning to a “new normal” — a world view and actuality that can be better than the one in pre-Covid times. What can get us there? Impact investing is one powerful route, capturing the power of markets to

The Six D’s Of Entrepreneurship

The Six D’s Of Entrepreneurship

My Kohli Ventures investment vehicle focuses on exponential growth opportunities that are derived from the chain reaction of rapid technological progression. We seek to directly back the founders of visionary growth-stage ventures in the areas of artificial intelligence, robotics, biotech, and esports. Over the last decade, we have experienced great