LIST OF THINGS TO BUY
CLOTHES
a)T-shirts (round neck) - 7
b)T-shirts (collared) - 3-4
c)Jeans (stick to blue/black) – 3 to 4
d)Formal shirts - 3
e)Formal trousers - 2
f)Undergarments - at least 10 pairs (very
important)
g) Formal suit - 1 complete set
h) Ties - 2-3
i) Shorts/three-fourths - 5-6
j) Track pants - 2-3
k) One traditional dress for festivals
DOCUMENT LIST
a) Passport Xerox(5 copies)
b) VISA Xerox (5 copies)
c) Air Ticket(2 copies)
d) Original marksheets + Degree Certificate
e) Attested marksheets + Degree Certificate (3
copies)
f) Original transcripts + Degree Certificate (3
copies)
MEDICINES
These are very important since for getting any
specialized medicine in the US/canada, you need a
prescription. And very costly
a) Cold, Fever - Crocin
b) Body Pain - Crocin, Combiflam
c) Indigestion, Gastric Problems - Gelucil,
Zinetac
d) Throat Infection - Erythromycin
e) Allergies - Avil .25
f) Vomiting - Avomine
g) Tooth Ache - Combiflam
h) Cold, Head Ache - Amurtanjan
i) Stomach Pain - Cyclopam
j) Diarrhea - Lopomide
k) Dizziness - Diziron
l) Sprain - Esgypyrin
m) Common Cold - Coldact, Vicks Vaporub
ELECTRONICS
a) External HDD (get the portable one) - Minimum
of 1 TB. Any brand is fine. Flipkart has a sale on
Transcend and WD till 26th May.
b) If you already have a laptop, you may bring that.
Even if it is quite old, preserve it till black friday.
You will get super deals, both online and in-store.
c) IPod/mp3 player (optional) - You might need this
if you have to wait for long times at airports. Else,
get it in the US/canada.
d) A good pair of headphones with mic.
e) A branded spike-buster. Multi-switches extension
f) A good branded, decent wrist watch.
FOOD ITEMS
a) Oat single bowl packing- 10
b) Pickles - 3-4 bottles
c) All powders - chilli, garam masala, rasam,
sambar, asafetida, other powders you use - 0.5 to
1 kg each
d) Papads - 2-3 packs
e) Tamarind - 1 kg
f) Ginger-garlic paste - 2 bottles
EXTRA APPARALS
a) Towels (any kind, but I would prefer Turkish(Or
Tunisian) – 1 turkish,3 Simple
b) Hand towels - 3-4
c) Leather belts - 1-2
d) Belt for jeans - 1
e) Formal leather shoes - 1 pair
f) Woodland all-weather shoes - 1 pair (very
important)
g) Sneakers (optional) - 1 pair
h) Sunglasses - 1 pair (any good brand is okay)
i) Socks - 6-7 pairs
j) Sweater - 1-2 good warm ones
k) A light jacket (you can get a thicker one once you
land in the US/canada)—and its cheaper
l) A good umbrella (don't get the cheap ones, they
can't stand the wind)
m) Handkerchiefs - 12 nos.
n) Hawaii slippers - 1 pair (for wearing inside the
apartment)
o) Flip-flops - 1 pair (for summer and spring)
p) A good wallet (leather) - 1
q) Shoe polish and brush -1
PERSONAL HYGIENES PRODUCTS STATIONERY ITEMS

a) Tooth paste - one large tube. a) Pens - 3-4

b) Tooth brushes - 3-4 b) Notebooks - 2-3
c) Soap - 1-2 bars. c) Pencils - 3-4
d) Shampoo - 1 bottle. d) Erasers - 3
e) Cold cream - 1 bottle e) Sharpeners - 3
f) Vaseline - 1 bottle f) Key chains - 2
g) Soap cases - 2 g) Staple machine - 1
h) Hair oil - 2 bottles h) Pins - 2 boxes
i) Deodorant - 1 can i) Glue sticks - 2
j) Nail cutter - 2 j) Markers - 2
k) Earbuds - 1 small pack k) Highlighters - 1
l) Sunscreen - 1 bottle l) A4 sheets - 1 quire
m) Lip balm - 2 tubes m) Small ruler - 1
n) Cellophane tape - 1 roll

UTENSILS PACKING

a) Pressure cooker Don't procrastinate packing till the last moment as you
b) Pressure pan - 1. As far as possible, get won't find time later, and in the tension, you may miss out
both the cooker and the pan from the same on some important things. Start packing early. Make sure
brand so that you can interchange the you make a list of all stuff you are carrying. Label all the
gaskets and the weights. suitcases both inside and outside with both your home
c) Medium size kadai for cooking vegetables - address in India and your university address. Include the
1 phone numbers also. Make sure you are within the
d) Serving spoons (of various sizes) - 3-4 luggage allowance (you can do this by carrying the
e) SS Plate – 6 suitcase to the nearest scrap metal shop/rice mundi),
f) SS Bowls- 6. though it can exceed upto 1-2 kgs
g) SS Spoon- 6,
h) SS Glasses - 6
i) Kadai for Boiling milk/water - 1
j) Knives - 3-4
k) Vegetable chopping board - 1
l) SS glasses/tumblers - 3
m) Extra weights & gaskets for the cookers-3
n) Chapati roller - 1
o) Butter knives - 2
p) SS forks - 2
q) Kadai for making sambar/dal - 1
r) Tea strainer - 1
s) Water bottle (preferably Tupperware) – 1