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Donors
Leaving in May–June
Schedule a pickup before you graduate. We collect your mattress, lamps, books, and the rest from your hostel — no need to drag anything into autos.
Vol. 01The July Reset· BITS Pilani Hyderabad
Now collecting for July 2026One batch's
leftovers,
the next batch's
start.
Every July, hostel rooms reset to zero. Mattresses, lamps, buckets, books — things students still need, just not the same students. We pass them forward instead of binning them.
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Donate
Schedule a pickup
02
Store
Volunteers hold it through summer
03
Pre-book
Juniors reserve before arriving
04
Pickup
Coordinated on arrival day
Mattresses
Buckets
Lamps
Curtains
Books
Bedsheets
Mugs
Cycles
Heaters
Geysers
Helmets
Iron boxes
Tables
Chairs
Hangers
Storage boxes
02 / Manifesto
Every July, hostel rooms across campus reset to zero.
Mattresses, lamps, buckets, books — things students still need, just not the same students.
We pass them forward instead.
An initiative by students, for students— not for profit
03 / About
Our mission
Every year at BITS Hyderabad, the same story repeats itself.
A student arrives on campus with empty shelves and a long shopping list. A few years later, the same student leaves behind a room full of things that are still perfectly usable — mattresses, buckets, mugs, curtains, books, lamps, umbrellas, posters, and countless little pieces of hostel life.
And so, every July, a new batch starts over from scratch — buying the same essentials again, spending the same money again, solving the same problem again.
We thought there had to be a better way. So we started building one.
BITS Marketplace is an attempt to make campus life a little more sustainable, affordable, and connected. Instead of letting useful items disappear every summer, we want to pass them forward — from one batch to the next.
A set of buckets, a study lamp, or a stack of first-year books can still make someone else's first week on campus easier. If enough of us contribute a little, over time this can save students a significant amount of money, reduce unnecessary waste every semester, and make moving in much less overwhelming for incoming batches.
If you're graduating
Schedule a pickup before you leave. Volunteers collect your items and store them through the summer.
If you're joining
Pre-book essentials at subsidised prices before you arrive. Pick them up the day you land.
Read the full missionCurrently restricted to
@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in04 / The Loop
Twelve months,
one continuous
hand-off.
The campus year doesn't pause for graduation. While seniors are packing in May, juniors are already pre-booking from home. The loop keeps moving so nothing useful sits in a landfill for the rest of its useful life.
- DonateSeniors leaving in May–June
- CollectVolunteers do the pickup runs
- Pre-bookJuniors reserve before they arrive
- Hand-offPickup on arrival in July–August
Donate
Collect
Pre-book
Hand-off
July
reset
reset
05 / What hostel life leaves behind
The full inventory,
straight from the room.
Anything that fits in a hostel room or a balcony. Donors list it, juniors pre-book it, volunteers move it. We don't ship books to your door — we just keep the campus economy circular.
Mattress
The single biggest thing nobody wants to drag home.
Books
Course readers, novels, year-three notes.
Lamps
Reading lights that survived four years of all-nighters.
Electronics
Geysers, heaters, iron boxes, kettles.
Furniture
Side tables, racks, foldable chairs.
Buckets & mugs
Sounds boring. Ask anyone moving in on day one.
Dustbins
Trivial to buy, easier to inherit.
Decor
Posters, frames, fairy lights.
Curtains
Hostel windows are hostile without them.
& more
If it survived four monsoons, list it.
06 / By the numbers
Small platform. Big collective shrug at how things used to be.
0+
Items collected last July alone
Across hostel blocks A through H
0%
Of pickups happen within 48 hours
Volunteer rota usually has slack
0
Rupees taken in commission
Run by a student team, not a company
Pass it forward·Less waste every July·Run by students, for students·Not for profit·BITS Pilani Hyderabad·Vol. 01 / July reset·
07 / The cast
Three roles,
one shared rhythm.
Donors hand things off, volunteers hold them through the summer, juniors pre-book before they arrive. Same list. Same hostel. New owner.
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Volunteers
Holding the bridge
Sign up for the windows you can help in. First 200 sign-ups are auto-approved. Pick up, photograph, store. The rota is shared early so you can plan around exams.
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Juniors
Arriving in July–August
Pre-book essentials at subsidised prices before you arrive. We share your assigned volunteer's contact so you can pick up your items the day you land.
Pass it forward·One batch's leftovers·The next batch's start·Vol. 01 / July reset·
08 / Sign in
Ready to pass it forward?
Sign in with your BITS email — takes a few seconds, no passwords. We'll send you a one-time code.
@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in · @alumni.bits-pilani.ac.in