- The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IITGN) has launched ‘Project Isaac’ to engage students in creative projects during the COVID-19 lockdown.
- The project aims to enhance the student’s skills while they are confined in their homes.
- The project is inspired by Sir Isaac Newton, who was similarly sent home due to the Great Plague of London in 1665.
- During that year, Newton had developed some of his most significant discoveries including early calculus and his theories of gravity and optics