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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

RankingQS World University Rankings 2026: 129UpdatedMay 14, 2026

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Ai Tool Treatment

IIT Bombay's Department of Humanities and Social Sciences AI policy says it specifically addresses AI use for teaching, research, and administration in HSS; users are responsible for academic and professional integrity, and human verification of AI-content accuracy is mandatory for permissible use.

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Normalized value: HSS policy scopes AI use to HSS teaching, research and administration and requires user responsibility plus human verification

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Evidence 1
This policy specifically addresses the use of AI for Teaching, Research and Administration in the Department of HSS, IIT Bombay. The use of AI according to the strict demands of academic and professional integrity is the ultimate responsibility of the user/author/writer, whether one is faculty, researcher, student or staff. Human verification of the accuracy of AI content by the user of AI is mandatory in all cases of permissible use.

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HSS IIT Bombay scopes the policy to HSS teaching, research and administration and requires user responsibility plus human verification.

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Numbered points 1-3

Academic Integrity

The HSS IIT Bombay AI policy requires explicit prior permission from the instructor or supervisor for AI use, except for basic grammar and spell-check functions, and says grammar and spell-checking tools must be acknowledged.

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Normalized value: HSS policy makes most AI use permission-based and requires acknowledgement for grammar or spell-check tools

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Evidence 1
Explicit prior permission from the instructor or supervisor is mandatory for the use of AI, except for the use of basic functions like grammar and spell-check. For the latter, Institute subscribed and recommended (if any) AI platforms must be used. However, use of grammar and spell-checking tools must be acknowledged (see Point No.11).

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HSS requires prior instructor or supervisor permission for AI use except basic grammar and spell-check tools, which still need acknowledgement.

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Numbered point 6

Teaching

The HSS IIT Bombay AI policy says AI use without human verification is not permissible for tasks involving evaluation or assessment of students, staff, or researchers, and AI detection tools cannot be the sole criterion for disciplinary action without human verification.

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Normalized value: HSS policy requires human verification for AI-assisted evaluation and bars AI detection tools as the sole disciplinary criterion

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Evidence 1
Use of AI without human verification is not permissible for any task that involves evaluation or assessment of a student, staff or researcher, including (but not limited to) assessment of student submissions by faculty, of staff by Department functionaries, and screening of applications for admission, recruitment and promotion. AI detection tools (such as Turnitin) cannot be used as the sole criterion for disciplinary action without human verification.

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HSS requires human verification for AI-assisted assessment and says AI detection tools cannot be the sole basis for discipline.

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Numbered points 12 and 15

Privacy

The HSS IIT Bombay AI policy says users must not feed non-public, institutional, sensitive, or personally identifiable information into AI platforms, and it says AI transcription of interview and survey data is not permissible when confidentiality, anonymity, consent, or DPDP Act obligations would be affected.

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Normalized value: HSS policy bars non-public or sensitive uploads to AI platforms and bars AI transcription of interview and survey data in the stated privacy context

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Evidence 1
In the interest of intellectual property rights, privacy and confidentiality, we must not feed any information into AI platforms that must not be available in the public domain, including institutional and sensitive material. It is mandatory to abide by the regulations of the Institute Ethics Committee (IEC) or Review Board (IRB) regarding collection of data from human respondents for maintaining confidentiality, anonymity and consent requirements. Therefore, use of AI for transcription of interviews and survey data is not permissible. Any data containing personally identifiable information must not be uploaded in any platform, including AI platforms

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HSS bars non-public, institutional, sensitive, and personally identifiable information from AI platforms and bars AI transcription of interview or survey data in this research-data context.

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Numbered points 5 and 8

Research

The HSS IIT Bombay AI policy says permissible AI use should be acknowledged with proper citation in teaching materials and research outputs, including prompts, AI tools used, and clear demarcation of AI-generated or AI-aided content; HSS dissertations and research reports submitted for evaluation must include an AI use or non-use declaration.

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Normalized value: HSS policy requires citation and demarcation of permissible AI use plus AI use/non-use declarations for HSS dissertations and research reports

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Evidence 1
Use of AI within permissible limits should be duly acknowledged with proper citation in all types of teaching materials and research outputs. Citation must include: (a) prompts used, (b) AI tools used, and (c) clear demarcation of the content/output generated by or with the aid of AI. Along with specific citations (see point No. 11), all dissertations and research reports submitted for evaluation in the Department of HSS must include a declaration of AI use/non-use by the student/researcher as per IIT Bombay requirement.

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HSS requires citation of permissible AI use, including prompts/tools/demarcation, and AI use/non-use declarations for HSS dissertations and research reports.

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Numbered points 11 and 14

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked May 14, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/indian-institute-of-technology-bombay

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