Generative AI tools may be used only for narrowly defined support tasks: improving the grammar and readability of an already-drafted manuscript, and helping non-native English speakers polish language. Any such use must be disclosed in the submission's AI-use statement, naming the tool and describing what it was used for.
Generative AI must never be used to draft original analysis, findings, arguments or interpretive claims - particularly claims about Indian Knowledge Systems, traditional practices, or primary sources, which require direct human scholarly engagement with the source material. AI-generated citations must never be submitted without independently verifying the cited work exists and says what is claimed; fabricated citations are treated as academic misconduct under Chirantan's originality policy.
Undisclosed or undisclosed-scope AI use discovered after submission may result in the manuscript being returned for revision or, in serious cases, rejected.
The journal's own use of AI. Chirantan holds itself to the same disclosure standard it asks of authors. The editorial process uses AI tools for triage, screening, reviewer shortlisting and advisory subject-area reading, which involves sending manuscript text to a third-party AI provider. These tools never make an editorial decision, are never counted as peer review, and never replace a human reviewer. The peer-review policy sets out what is used, at which stage, and how to opt out.