page_title: Alcheringa (festival)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Alcheringa (festival) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Shankar Ehsaan Loy at Alcheringa 2010
context_page_description: Alcheringa, also known as "Alcher", is the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. The festival was started in 1996 by a group of students of IIT Guwahati. Spread over 3 days and 4 nights, Alcheringa is conducted towards the end of January every year. The 24th edition held from 30th January 2020 to 2nd February 2020, witnessing 80 events.
  The festival features one of the biggest rock band competitions of India, Rock-o-phonix.
context_section_description: Alcheringa, derives its etymology from an Australian aboriginal mythology and translates to "The Eternal Dreamtime". 
  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. In 2011,  Alcheringa's social initiative ‘Udaan - Giving flights to hope’ was started. 'Alcheringa: Echoes of Innocence' (2018) was the twenty-second edition of the cultural festival.
caption: Shankar Ehsaan Loy at Alcheringa 2010
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