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.