Even as the pandemic made all of us stay indoors, it allowed for people to explore the artists within them through virtual means. In April this year, IIT Bombay’s e-Yantra, a robotics outreach programme started in 2020, had announced a virtual museum competition. The pilot edition saw participation from as many as 242 teams, studying in class VII to IX, from various parts of the country as well as from neighbouring nations, like Bhutan.

Over the course of seven weeks, they learnt designing 3D model of historical artefacts, writing research documents and developing a compelling narration. Towards the  end, they competed to develop a virtual museum, integrating history, technology and the art of storytelling.