A one-day international event titled “Academic and Research Integrity with AI” was organized at KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad recently. The event was attended by esteemed Guests James Thorley, Regional Vice President, Turnitin, APAC, United Kingdom; Purna Bose, Senior Solutions Engineer, Turnitin; Manisha Shivpuri, Manager, Turnitin; Dr. Sumit Narula, Director, Amity School of Communication; Dr. Prasoon Tripathi, Director, IMS Ghaziabad; Professor (Dr.) Munish Sabharwal, Executive Director, IILM University, Greater Noida; research faculty members of KIET, students, and other dignitaries from India and abroad. The program begins with an address by the Honorable Dr. Manoj Goyal, Joint Director, KIET Group of Institutions.

In his inaugural address, Dr. Manoj Goyal highlighted that the academic community is at a turning point with the integration of AI technologies. He welcomed the esteemed panel of experts and participants, emphasizing that the objective of the event was to deepen the understanding of AI's role in academic and research integrity. Dr. Goyal underscored the importance of collaboration between institutions and disciplines to tackle the ethical challenges posed by AI, ensuring that it enhances educational outcomes rather than becoming a hindrance. His remarks set the stage for meaningful discussions on navigating the complexities of AI applications in academic and research integrity.

Dr. Anil Ahlawat, Honorable Director-in-Charge at KIET Group of Institutions, emphasized the ethical considerations and impacts of AI on research practices, advocating for robust frameworks that enhance academic integrity. Dr. Shailendra Tiwari, Honorable Additional Director at KIET, stressed the important role of educational institutions that incorporate AI responsibly in maintaining educational standards. He advocated for continued innovation and ethical standards in AI applications to enhance the educational experience.

Meanwhile, Dr. Vibhav Kumar Sachan, Dean of Research and Development, KIET Ghaziabad, focused on the role of AI in personalizing learning and improving student engagement, emphasizing the importance of data privacy and ethical management of information. Both underlined the need for responsible adoption of AI tools within educational and research settings to maintain transparency and promote innovation.

At the “Academic and Research Integrity with AI” event, Ms. Purna Bose, Senior Solutions Engineer at Turnitin, discussed the important role of their AI authorship detection tools in maintaining academic integrity. She explained how these tools use machine learning and natural language processing to differentiate between human and AI-generated content, focusing on pattern recognition and language depth. Ms. Bose highlighted the functionality of the AI writing prompts feature in Turnitin's similarity report, which provides an additional layer of scrutiny by showing the percentage of AI-generated content without impacting the overall similarity score. This innovative tool is part of Turnitin's broader commitment to adapting educational technologies to the evolving landscape of digital information and AI development.

The planners of this event included Dr. Vibhav Kumar Sachan (Dean of Research and Development), Dr. Ruchita Gautam (Associate Dean of Research and Development), Dr. Parveen Kumar Kaushik (Assistant Dean of Research and Development), and other members of the Research and Development team at KIET.