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