The special issue is dedicated to National conference on Communication, computational intelligence and learning-NCCCIL sponsored by AICTE and organized by Department of Information Technology at Army Institute of Technology from 12–13 January 2022. This conference gave the collaborative forum to academic experts, researchers and corporate professionals to enrich their knowledge in the automation and analysis of industry and business processes in a smart way. The two day conference included invited talks and paper presentations focusing on the applications of Computational intelligence, Communication, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.