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A cappella is gaining popularity among South Asians with the emergence of primarily Hindi-English College groups.

The first South Asian a cappella group was Penn Masala, founded in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania.

Other groups include: Carnegie Mellon University's Deewane, Northwestern University's Brown Sugar, Chai-Town from the University of Illinois, Raagapella from Stanford University, Andaaz from the University of California, Irvine, and Maize Mirchi from University of Michigan.

Co-ed South Asian a cappella groups are also gaining in popularity.

The first co-ed south Asian a cappella was Anokha, from the University of Maryland, formed in 2001.

Also, Dil se, another co-ed a cappella from UC Berkeley, hosts the " Anahat " competition at the University of California, Berkeley annually.

Maize Mirchi, the co-ed a cappella group from the University of Michigan hosts " Sa Re Ga Ma Pella ", an annual South Asian a cappella invitational with various groups from the Midwest.

Other co-ed groups include Taal Tadka from Georgia Institute of Technology, RAAG ( Rutgers Asian A cappella Group ) from Rutgers University, Naya Zamaana from UCLA, UW Awaaz from the University of Washington and Dhamakapella from Case Western Reserve University.