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'''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 Alcheringa was held from 2nd February 2023 to 5th 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.

 

 

==History==

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}}

 

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