The world's largest PC maker Dell Inc witnessed a 63% growth in its India sales in the second quarter this fiscal year on the back of a sharp surge in its unit sales volumes, outpacing its worldwide sales growth of 5%.The US-based computer giant announced yesterday that its total revenue rose 6% to $14.1 billion in the quarter ended August 4, from $13.4 billion a year ago.The company's net income dropped 51% to $502 million in the second fiscal quarter, from $1.02 billion in the year ago quarter.However, the company's India revenue jumped 63% year-on-year on the back of 82% growth in shipments, Jim Schneider, CFO of Dell, told analysts at a conference call after the earnings announcement.Dell's India revenue growth was higher than the 31% rise in China revenue, while shipment growth in the country was biggest among the three emerging markets - China, Brazil and India.The company expects to gain about 2 share points overall and 4 points in the notebook segment in India in the current quarter, Schneider said.Kevin Rollins, CEO of Dell said the company made considerable market share gains in the second quarter."We gained share worldwide and achieved an industry leading record global share of 19.3%," Rollins said.Dell moved to the second position both in Japan and for the Asia Pacific region in total on the back of strong unit growth in emerging markets like China, Brazil and India, the CEO added.
