Tej Kohli
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Technologist, investor & philanthropist. Co-founder of @TKRFoundation. Curing blindness via direct grassroots interventions in the developing world.
Joined November 2009
š«š· Thank you, Mr President!. š The Hive is buzzing louder than ever after @TeamVitality won the IEM Melbourne Grand Final and clinched the ESL Grand Slam S5. š This is truly a proud moment for both Team Vitality and France. Onward and upward!. š„ Allez les jaunes et noirs!.
Avec son Grand Slam, Vitality hisse la France au sommet de lāesport et fait briller nos couleurs. Bravo Ć toute lāĆ©quipeĀ !.
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Thank you @TeamVitality.
Welcome in the Vitality Universe @mrtejkohli š. We received a ā¬20M investment to help Vitality continue its development šŖ. Stronger than ever, our goal is to let Vitalityās colours, your colours, shine around the world š #VforVictory
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Overnight @TeamVitality became World Champions on #RocketLeague. This is a key title for #RenaultSports #TeamVitality and I am very proud of them becoming the best team in the world on Rocket League. The race now continues to build the worlds first $1bn #esports team! #TejTalks
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I was proud to attend the launch of the @TeamVitality #VHive in Paris last night. With investment from @rewiredgg the team founders @Vitality_Neo @nicolas_maurer_ have done amazing things so far. but the best is still yet to come! #VForVictory
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Congratulations to @TeamVitality founders @nicolas_maurer_ & @Vitality_Neo on the 6th anniversary of Europes leading #esports team. A shining example to young #entrepreneurs the world over who have shown what can be done with imagination, skill, determination & a lot of hard work.
Today marks our 6th anniversary! š. 6 years of ups, downs and victories by your side š. To celebrate this birthday, we want to reward your passion! Share you best stories, photos or videos with us on #MyVitalityMemory š. The best ones will win a special prize š
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The teamās founders are certain the investment will ādeliver for the fansā and they plan to use it to develop state of the art facilities, performance and training centers and a flagship store and offices. via @ibtimes #Esports #Investment.
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La Team Vitality a annoncĆ© ce lundi avoir levĆ© 20 millions d'euros auprĆØs de l'entrepreneur et milliardaire Tej Kohli pour permettre Ć l'organisation franƧaise, ambitieuse, de se structurer un peu plus. via @lequipe.
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Around 200,000 children worldwide are blind due to cataracts. The Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation's mission is to prevent and cure early childhood cataracts through increasing awareness, accessibility and affordability for families in developing nations.
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The Tej Kohli Foundation has long been committed to a programme of #corneal education and care in #India and its partnership with the @lvprasadeye to form @TKCorneaInst is part of a strategy to accelerate this in India and then globally.
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Iām announcing my new series of #TejTalks. Each day Iāll be posting my thoughts on a weekly topic that is close to my heart and I invite you to join using #TejTalks. You can expect to hear a lot about: #AI #MachineLearning #Robotics #Genomics #Esports #RealEstate #Philanthropy
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#TejTalks: A rapidly growing audience base makes media rights increasingly valuable in the esports industry. After sponsorship revenue ($456.7m), media rights ($251m) are the 2nd highest grossing segment of global esports, up 41.8% YoY #EsportsInvestment #Esports
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Very proud of my alma mater @IITKanpur for its response to the #Coronavirus crisis. If you think #COVID19 is causing hardship in the West, consider the poorer communities where the impact will be more brutal & long term consequences more pervasive.
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I have a passion for cars and my Pagani Huayra is the epitome of that passion. It may be lessor known than other Italian supercars but in terms of style and performance it is exquisite!
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Welcome to the airport of the future, where your face is your passport. #FacialRecognition #DataScience #MachineLearning #DeepLearning #Robots #AI #IoT #BigData.
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You can now watch my latest @esportsinsider interview with the fantastic @sam_s_cooke to learn everything that you might ever need to know about the #esports #business and esports #investment: #tejtalks.
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#Cataracts are the leading cause of #blindness worlwide, and can be cured via a #seven minute surgery which costs as little as USD 50 ā however, for a majority of the worldās developing world, #surgery is #inaccessible. #TejKohliRuit #Blindness #SeeingAgain #Tejtalks #Vision
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Europe's leading esports team @TeamVitality who I have backed through my Rewired GG investment, have announced their new residency at the State de France in Paris: #TejTalks #esports #TeamVitality #EsportsInvestment.
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Artificial intelligenceās greatest contribution may be in health care, and China is leading the way #AI #HealthCare #MedicalServices.
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If #artificialintelligence is going to be doing more of our work for us, making more #decisions for us, and even replacing jobs, then could it also bear its fair share of the tax burden too? #AI #AItax #inequality #IoT #Robotics #FridayThoughts #TejTalks.
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Everyone has the right to healthy vision, that is why Dr Ruit and myself formed the Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation. So far we have cred 21,457 people of needless blindness in 3 countries and we plan to go even further by going to Tanzania next month #2030insight.
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This Startup Is Raising $3.5 Million To Add Machine Learning To Fish Farms #Startup #MachineLearning #Tech #FishFarms
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333 #TejKohliandRuitFoundation patients rejoice at receiving the #giftofsight in the presence of co-founders Dr Sanduk Ruit and Mr Tej Kohli in Doramba, #Nepal. #Happiness #TejKohliRuit #SeeingAgain #2030insight #Vision #Joy #TejTalks
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Delighted to have met with the Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat, in London. He is the driving force behind Malta becoming an attractive location for foreign direct investment.
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Have You Met Fleep? Are They Worthy Of The Moniker #Startup of the Week? http://t.co/xf1uliHZSg.
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7 surprising companies where you can work on cutting-edge AI technology #AI #Technology #MachineLearning.
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I'm proud to announce a brand new documentary short by the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation. The film explores childhood blindness in the Jajakot region of Nepal and illustrates how untreated blindness can cause a cycle of inescapable poverty.
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āI canāt understand why people are frightened of new ideas. Iām frightened of the old ones.ā ā John Cage, American Composer and Philosopher.
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I am honoured to have been awarded the title of Distinguished Alumni by the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur. @IITKanpur #DAA2018
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Could merging AI and human minds could make the workforce smarter? #AI #ArtifiicalIntelligence #Tech #Business
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Recruiting is one of the toughest issues businesses face today but now AI is changing the game #Innovation #AI #Recruitment
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This fashion week, the sportswear giant will use AI to observe pedestrians. But itās not interested in trends; it wants to find the people who buck them. #AI #Tech #FashionWeek.
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Google billionaire Eric Schmidt: Elon Musk is āexactly wrongā about A.I. because he ādoesnāt understandā #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Tech.
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Itās now more important than ever that businesses operate ethically for both their consumers and those that work for them. #AI #Business #SocialImpact #ArtificialIntelligence.
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A majority of the worldās cataract can be treated via a 7-minute surgery which costs only USD 50 ā sadly, for many like Shri Mani here, surgery was inaccessible due to her limited circumstances. #TejKohliRuit #eyeHealth #Cataract #Nepal #50and7 #preventableblindness #tejtalks
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3D-printed homes built for less than $4,000 in just 24 hours. A viable solution to the global housing crisis. #3DPrinting #Housing #RealEstate #Sustainable.
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This will push us further into reaching our goal to cure 300,00-500,000 people by 2030. Read more here to find out more:
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Esports will be a key driver of growth in the Chinese games market over the next five years according to a new report from Niko Partners. I think the potential is even greater, which is why esports is a core part my portfolio, including my investments into
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A dilemma for your carās #AI ā who lives and who dies #philosophy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning
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This week #TejTalks will be about #esports #investment. 2019 is a momentous year for esports as the market surpasses $1 billion. I am already invested in a vehicle that has backed @TeamVitalityā¦@TheMotleyFool @ThisIsMoney
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The cloud could play a big part in helping emerging markets integrate all kinds of emerging technologies ā an important step to empowering these regions to grow and develop their economies. #Tech #TechNews #EmergingMarkets
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The Russian #Robot Thatās #Hiring Humans #fintech #insurtech #AI #MachineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence.
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Living in the remote hills of #Nepalās #Bajhang District, with the closest eye hospital being more than 10 hours away, she jumped at the chance when a #TejKohliandRuitFoundation team arrived at her #village for a microsurgical camp. #TejKohliRuit #TejTalks
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What's the difference between artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning? #DeepLearning #AI #MachineLearning
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In our bid to cure corneal blindness by 2030, the work of the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute now extends to 177 vision centres and we have performed over 100 corneal transplants in remote rural areas. Our talented faculty continue to push the realms of possibiity #GiftOfSight.
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What Will The #FinTech Revolution Mean For The Banking World As We know It? http://t.co/hOIcz5AfLz.
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Dr #SandukRuit and his team after successfully completing 312 free #cataract surgeries during the inaugural microsurgical outreach camp of the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation in #Nepal. #GlobalHealth #TejTalks #GoodNews #Positive #GoodWork #CureBlindness
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There's 1 #ophthalmologist for every 70,000 people in #India. @forus_health created a portable eye screening device that uses @Microsoft #AI for rapid screening. In <1 minute, AI identifies if a person is at risk of vision loss so they can seek treatment:
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The biggest congratulations to my co-founder and friend, Dr Sanduk Ruit. I couldnāt think of anyone more deserving of the Isa Award for Services to Humanity. May you have many more years of happiness & success! #drruit @TKRFoundation #2030vision
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So, AI must be bigger than the Internet. If humanity were ready for it, AI would be worth far more than $150 trillion. The Internet went from zero to $50 trillion in ten years or so. Thatās amazing. AI is much bigger. @LDNTechWeek @cognition_x #CogX #AI150Trillion
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Tej Bahadur Gurung lives in Chame, Manang. Blinded with cataracts, he spent his life outside his home chanting prayers. #2030insight #Cataracts #DevelopingWorld #TejKohliRuit #Vision #Camp #EyeCamp #EyeHealth #UNSDG1 #TejTalks
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#TejTalks: The first time I saw someone have their site restored it was an emotional experience. It gave me the epiphany that I wanted to put an end to avoidable corneal blindness. Itās a big job but I feel itās my calling. .
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At most times after registering the fact that their blindness is in fact cured, patients are seen taking stock of their surroundings with the gift they have recently received. NeedlessBlindness #SeeingAgain #2030insight #Vision #TejKohliRuit #TejTalks
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Mr Kohli waves his hands with joy as he watches 333 patients being gifted the #giftofsight with the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation, a global alliance which he has co-founded with Dr Ruit, Nepalās #GodofSight. #Cataracts #Happiness #TejKohliRuit #SeeingAgain #2030insight #TejTalks
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UK government gives funding to a new medical trial which uses #artificialintelligence technology to automate part of the screening process for breast cancer. #HealthTech #AI.
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Storm damage to forests costs billions ā here's how artificial intelligence can help #AI #ClimateChange #Weather.
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Dr. Sanduk Ruit, co-founder of the Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation stands alongside hisĀ #patientsĀ during a microsurgical camp inĀ #Nepal. Also referred to as theĀ #GodofSight, Dr. Ruit has completed over 130,000 surgeries. #RestoringVisionĀ #Vision2026Ā #TejTalksĀ #TejKohliRuit
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Chete Gurungās son carries her to the designated resting area after her successful surgery at the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation microsurgical camp in #Manang, Nepal. 2030insight #Cataracts #DevelopingWorld #TejKohliRuit #SDG1 #TejTalks
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A cataract surgery costs as little as USD 50. Investment in restoring eyesight outweighs its cost by up to 1500% in the first post-operative year itself. #TejKohliandRuitFoundation #ScreeningOneMillion #CuringHalfaMillionofBlindness #2030inSight #TejKohliRuit #TejTalks
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#TejTalks: In 2019 the global esports market will generate revenues of $1.1 billion, up +26.7% YoY. North America will once again be the largest esports market, generating $409m (37% of global esports revenues). China will account for $210m. #EsportsInvestment #Esports
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#WednesdayWisdom No matter what you do there will always be people who want to bring you down. But they only want to see you down because it makes them feel better about themselves. Don't give them that satisfaction. Keep giving back. Keep helping others:
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Women from Nepalās Mahottari District share a smile after having their blindness cured with the #TejKohliandRuitFoundation in April, 2022. #BlindnessinWomen #NeedlessBlindness #SeeingAgain #2030insight #Vision #TejKohliRuit #TejTalks
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After Dasās patches were removed by Dr Govinda Poudyal, the skilful surgeon who had performed over 150 surgeries in a single day, Das is happy to be able to #seeagain. #PreventableBlindness #2030insight #TejKohliRuit #EyeCamp #NoPoverty #UNSDG1 #TejTalks
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Data and artificial intelligence for innovation and transformation #Data #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation.
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