🎓 BiTKiT – BIT Mesra's Student Portal

BiTKiT is a comprehensive MERN stack-based web application designed for BIT Mesra students. It centralizes club exploration, academic tools, student forums, and a marketplace—enhancing the campus digital experience.

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🚀 Features

• 🧠 Academics Section – Explore all Semester Academic Resources(i.e Syllabus, Notes, best Youtube playlist, etc)

• 🎯 Student Forum (Q&A, Voting, Tags, Comments)

• 👥 Club Directory – Explore technical, cultural, and literary clubs

• 🏆 Sports Gallery – Photo sliders powered by react-slick

• 📦 Buy & Sell Portal – Post listings, place bids, and much more..

• 🔐 Secure Auth – Firebase-based authentication

• 🔔 Notification System for enhanced convenience

• 🤖 ChatBot Features added for more better user experience

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend	Backend	Database	Other Tools
React, JavaScript, TailwindCSS, Daisy UI	Node.js, Express.js	MongoDB	Cloudinary, Botpress, react-slick, Vite, nodemailer etc

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👨‍💻 Developers

• Vipul Kumar — MERN Stack Developer
• Deep Kumar — MERN Stack Developer
• Ravi Ram — MERN Stack Developer
• Ankon Rishav Haldar — MERN Stack Developer
• Aman Raj — AIML & MERN Stack Developer

📁 Project Structure

Group-Project/
├── client/                  
│   ├── public/
│   ├── node_modules/
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── tailwind.config.js
│   ├── vite.config.js
│   └── ... (other Vite config files)

├── server/                  
│   ├── config/              
│   ├── controllers/         
│   ├── middlewares/        
│   ├── models/              
│   ├── routes/              
│   ├── utils/              
│   ├── serviceAccountKey.json
│   ├── firebaseAdmin.js
│   ├── index.js             
│   └── .env

├── README.md

## 🌍 Open Source Contribution

BiTKiT is an open-source initiative by students of BIT Mesra aimed at solving real campus problems through technology. We believe in collaboration, learning by building, and giving back to the community.

We welcome all contributions—bug fixes, new features, suggestions, or documentation improvements.

### 📌 How to Contribute

1. **Fork** the repository  
2. **Clone** your fork:
   ```bash
   git clone https://github.com/your-username/BiTKiT.git

3. Create a new branch for your feature or fix:
  ```bash
    git checkout -b feature-name
4. Make your changes and commit them:
  ```bash
    git add .
    git commit -m "Add: brief description of your change"
5. Push to your forked repository:
  ```bash
    git push origin feature-name