Shah Rukh Khan was conferred an honorary doctorate by the La Trobe University, Melbourne, for his work supporting women's empowerment and his achievement in the Indian film industry. Named after his mother, Khan's Meer Foundation helps acid attack survivors.

SRK said, "This is not an award for anything the Meer Foundation might have achieved. It is for the courage of every woman who faces the brutality of injustice, inequality, and inhumanity." He has earlier received doctorates from the University of Bedfordshire and University of Law in UK and University of Edinburgh in Scotland.