Melbourne: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan today awarded a prestigious PhD scholarship to an Indian student incepted by the Melbourne based La Trobe University under his name as 'Shri Amitabh Bachchan Sholarship'.

At a function organised by the university here, Bachchan, 71, presented La Trobe graduate Roshan Kumar. La Trobe University Vice CHancellor John Dewar said it was an exciting and important day for the university.