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| attendance = More than 110000110,000 (in 2020)

'''Alcheringa''', also known as "Alcher", is the annual cultural festival of [[Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati]]. The festival was started in 1996 by a group of students of [[IIT Guwahati]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://www.assamtimes.org/node/15859|title = Alcheriga 2016 from January 28 |newspaper=Assam Times|first=Akriti|last=Kaur|date=24 November 2015|access-date = 2020-12-14}}</ref> Spread over 3 days and 4 nights, Alcheringa is conducted towards the end of January every year. The 27th edition of '''Alcherninga'''Alcheringa is going to bewas held from 02nd2nd February 2023 to 05th5th February 2023,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = http://www.assamtimes.org/node/16239|title = IITG mega event Alcheringa starts from Jan 28 |newspaper=Assam Times|access-date = 2016-04-12}}</ref><ref name=":12"/> witnessing 80+ events.

The festival features one of India's biggest rock band competitions, '''Rock-o-Phonix. The latest edition of Alcheringa was held with limited participation and events pertaining to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis'''.

Alcheringa derives its etymology from Australian aboriginal mythology and translates to "The Eternal Dreamtime." [[File:SEL at Alcheringa.jpg|thumb|192x192px|Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy at Alcheringa 2010]][[File:Sonu Nigam at Alcheringa .jpg|thumb|191x191px|Sonu Nigam performing at Alcheringa 2009]]

In 2002, ‘Alcheringa: Yin and Yang’ the concept of four pro-nites was first introduced. ‘Alcheringa: Navras’ in 2006, hosted the festival's first international act.<ref name=":7">{{cite news|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan1110/City2 |title=The Assam Tribune Online |newspaper=Assam Times |access-date=2016-04-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234623/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jan1110%2FCity2 |archive-date=3 March 2016 }}</ref> In 2011, Alcheringa's social initiative ‘Udaan - Giving flights to hope’ was started.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} 'Alcheringa: Echoes of Innocence' (2018) was the twenty-second edition of the cultural festival.

| Crescendo: [[Vishal–Shekhar|Vishal-Sheykhar]], Juggernaut: [https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/yellow-diary-mumbai-based-band-building-upon-alt-rock-legacy#:~:text=The%20Yellow%20Diary%20is%20a,live%20shows%20across%20the%20country. The Yellow Diary], Blitzkrieg: Aerreo, Saaz: Sangeeta Shankar Ji, along with her daughters Ragini and Nandnini, Mahesh Raghvan

Some notable Indian artists who have earlier performed in Alcheringa are [[Mika Singh]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":11" /> [[Lucky Ali]], [[Sonu Nigam]],<ref name=":1" /> [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy]],<ref name=":1" /> [[KK (singer)|K.K]],<ref name=":7" /> [[Mohit Chauhan]], [[Shilpa Rao]], [[Javed Ali]], [[Anoushka Shankar]], [[Vir Das]], [[Kalki Koechlin]], [[Amaan Ali Khan|Amaan]] and [[Ayaan Ali Khan]], The Indian Jam Project, Grammy winners [[Shujaat Khan|Ustaad Shujaat Khan]] and [[Vishwa Mohan Bhatt|Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":13">{{Cite web|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040126/asp/guwahati/story_2826391.asp|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140317180621/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040126/asp/guwahati/story_2826391.asp|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 March 2014|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati|website =Telegraphindia.com|access-date = 2016-04-12}}</ref> Undying Inc, [[RDB Rhythm Dhol Bass|RDB]], [[Remo Fernandes]],<ref name=":7" /> [[Raghu Dixit]],<ref name=":7" /> [[Euphoria (Indian band)|Euphoria]],<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":13" /> [[Indian Ocean (band)|Indian Ocean]],<ref name=":13" /> Vaayu,<ref name=":13" /> Motherjane.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8" />[[Parikrama (band)|Parikrama]]<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":13" />

Alcheringa has in the past associated with [[freecharge]], [[Swiggy]], [[OnePlus]], [[Hero MotoCorp]], [[Wipro]],<ref name=":2" /> [[State Bank of India]], [[Indian Oil Corporation|Indian Oil]], [[Maruti Suzuki]], [[Ola Cabs|Ola]], FastTrack, Daikin, Viber, Coca-Cola, KitKat and Baskin Robbins.