Global icon, multi-award winning actor, producer
and women’s equality advocate, Shah Rukh Khan, will be awarded La Trobe
University’s highest accolade during his visit to Australia for the Indian Film
Festival of Melbourne.
La Trobe is the first Australian University to
award Mr Khan with an Honorary Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), in
recognition of his efforts to support underprivileged children, his unwavering
dedication to the fight for women’s empowerment through MEER Foundation and his
unparalleled achievements in the Indian entertainment industry.
Meer Foundation is a philanthropic foundation
named after Shah Rukh Khan’s father Meer Taj Mohammed Khan which aims to effect
change at ground level and works to build a world that empowers women. One of
the key focus areas under women empowerment has been to support the cause of
acid attack survivors. The Foundation provides support to women victims of acid
attacks and major burn injuries through a 360-degree
approach that helps them with their medical treatment, legal aid, vocational
training as well as rehabilitation and livelihood support. The foundation’s
efforts are not limited to helping acid attack victims alone. It has sponsored
treatment and surgeries for women and children at several hospitals across the
country.
Mr Khan said having his humanitarian endeavours
recognised for the first time in Australia was a great honour, “I’m proud to be
conferred with a great University like La Trobe which has a long-standing
relationship with Indian culture and impressive track record in advocating for
women’s equality. I feel truly privileged to receive this Honorary Doctorate
and I would like to sincerely thank La Trobe for choosing to recognise my
achievements in such a humbling way.”
La Trobe will present Mr Khan with his Honorary
Doctorate on Friday 9th
August at its Melbourne campus in Bundoora.
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