Suitcase 1 ---------- Clothes Formal Pants - 1 Jeans - 1 new Full sleeve shirts -2 T-Shirts - 3 new Kurta Pyjamas - 1 new Undergarments - 5 sets Socks - 6 pairs Handkerchief - 6 Ties - 1 Towels - 2 Pillow Covers - 2 Bedsheets - 1 single Jacket Warm Clothes Warm undergarments - 1 set Half sleeve sweaters - 1 Warm socks - 1 pairs Suit Kitchen Items Cooker Vim bar Pan - 1 Quarter Plates - 3 Rice Spoon Serving Vessels Rice Strainer Katories - 4 Small Spoons - 6 Serving Spoons - 2 Channi Glasses - 3 Chakla Chmita Belan Alu Peeler Kadhai with Lid Tongs Cutting Board Hattha Grater Forks - 2 1 Scotch Brite + 2 wire scrubs + 1 soft scrub Spices and Masalas Basmati Rice - 1 kg Tea Bags - 25 Rajma - 250gm Dhania (Corriander) Powder - 200gm Ghee - 500gm Tejpata - 20gm Haldi (Turmeric) Powder - 100gm Red Chilli Powder - 200gm Big Elaichi - 50gm Small Elaichi - 20gm Maggi Seasoning Chicken Cubes - 5 Tandoori Chicken Masala - 50gm Lal Masoor Dal - 250gm Kali Masoor Dal - 500gm Tur Dal - 500gm Arhar Dal - 500gm * Rawa - 500gm Kali Mirch (Black Pepper) Powder - 50gm Chhole Masala - 50gm Jeera - 100gm Sambhar Powder - 100gm Hing (Asafoetida) - 50gm Lapsi Honey - 100gm Medicines The below is an exhaustive list. You need not carry all. Fortunately I have had a chance of using only a few of them. Electrol Powder - 2 Brufen 400 - 3 Soframycin Eye Drops Otogesic Ear Drops Otrivin Nose Drops Erythromycin 500 - 2 Disprin - 1 Crocin - 4 Septran - 2 Avil - 2 Surbex-T (Vitamin B&C) Vicks Vaporub Crepe Bandage Anacin - 3 Moov Betnovate Skin Cream Nebasulf Powder Vicks Action 500 - 3 Dettol BronCorex Expectorant Vintrolin Expectorant Lomotil Baralgan - 2 Isabgol Eno - 12 Diegene - 2 Stemetil - 1 Karvol Plus - 1 Erythromycin 250 - 1 Ralcidin Forte - 1 Petroleum Jelly Roll On Baralgan - 1 Thermometer Brufen Gel Cotton Roll Candid-B Cream Neosprin Skin Ointment Neosprin Eye Ointment AmrutDhara Combiflam - 1.5 Band-Aid - 20 TheoAsthalin - 2 Books The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup Networks by Tenanbaum Design of the Unix Operating System by M.J.Bach Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et.al. Note: No need to bring a dictionary, unless u r poor in English Other Items * Cloth Hanging Pins - 12 Naada Small Plastic Boxes - 2 Masala Box Plaas Slippers - 1 pair Leather Shoes - 1 pair ( Imp.) Screwdrivers - 3 Calendar * Acrylic handbag * Hand Napkins - 3 God Photo Scissors Gifts ( for International students here ) Suitcase 2 ---------- Clothes Formal Pants - 1 Jeans - 1 Gabbadines - 1 Full sleeve shirts - 2 Half sleeve shirts - 1 T-Shirts - 2 Kurta Pyjamas - 2 Shorts - 2 Undergarments - 6 sets Socks - 3 pairs Handkerchief - 6 Belts - 2 Ties - 1 Towels - 1 Pillow Covers - 2 Bedsheets - 1 single + 1 double Warm Clothes Gloves - 1 pair Monkey Cap Warm undergarments - 1 set Full sleeve sweaters - 1 Half sleeve sweaters - 1 Muffler Warm socks - 2 pairs Warm leggins - 1 Nepthalene Balls - 2 packets Kitchen Items * Cups & Saucers - 4 sets Serving Vessel Lids - 2 Serving Spoons - 3 Full Plates - 4 Cooking Bowl - 1 Knives - 2 Toiletry Hair Oil Toothpaste Shaving Cream Cold Cream Talc * Washing Powder * Washing Brush Hand washing soap Bathing Soap - 2 Shampoo Comb After Shave Razor Shaving Brush Shaving Blades Books Operating Systems by Sliberschatz Unix Network Programming by R.Stevens Introduction to Automata Theory by Hopcroft & Ullman Foundations of Java Programming Other Items Calendar - 1 Pencil Box containing pens, pencils, etc. Candles - 1 Box Floaters - 1 pair Apron * Envelopes + Inlands + Stamps Backpack Alarm Watch Specks - 3 Photo Album Address Book After coming here I realized that some items could have been left in India. I have marked such items with "*". Kindly note that its upto you what you get and this list should be only used as a guide to what you should bring to the US.