Dhanbad : A Seminar-cum-Exhibition "TECH-EXPO'98" , organised by the Computer Society of India (CSI) was recently held at the Central Mining Research Institute, Dhanbad, Bihar. Dr. Lalan Kumar, District Informatics Officer, NIC Dhanbad, was the Convener cum Chairman of the Organising Committee. The NIC District Unit of Dhanbad actively participated in the programme, the theme of which was "Recent Trends & Advances in Information Technology". The paper presentation event of the seminar was a great success with around 32 papers presented on various topics related to the on-going developments in computers.