The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur is gearing up to launch its Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIOT) Hub. The AIOT hub is the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) with mobile communication technology (5G and beyond). Formally, AIOT is the combination of AI technologies with IoT infrastructure in a seamless fashion to achieve more efficient AI on the edge, improve human-machine interactions and enhance data management and analytics. The hub will have three major characteristics -- interconnected and intelligent devices, self-learning and self-healing human and machine workflows, and autonomous decision-making with edge computing. "The AIOT Innovation Hub and JCKIC are initiatives of IIT Jodhpur to connect academics with real-life and industrial-scale problems. This will enrich the innovation ecosystem of IIT as well as Jodhpur city. We expect that in near future this will trigger local industrial development through start-ups and new generation MSME who are eager to take forward the agenda of Atmanirbhar Bharat," said IIT Jodhpur director Santanu Chaudhury.