Global technology leader Dell has more than one reason to be happy with its business in India.
Hyderabad — Leading global systems and services company Dell, which has presence in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Gurgaon, is expected to increase its headcount from 14,000 to 20,000 by next year in view of the growth of 70 per cent YoY, Dell International Services India Managing Director Romi Malhotra said.
While optimistic that the business is on course to touching revenue of $1 billion in near future Dell is also gearing up for the roll out its first batch of computers with “Made in India” tag.
The company’s current revenue is little over half a billion dollars but with over 70 percent year on year growth, the billion dollar mark does not seem too far.
The company has invested $30 million on its plant at Sriperumbudur near Chennai.
Dell Computers will roll out its first machine from its Sriperumbudur plant near Chennai in the next couple of months.
Malhotra said the 32 million-dollar manufacturing plant at Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu would be operational in next two months and is expected to roll out four lakh computers every year.
The company has been growing its operations in India over the past few years.
The company, which had so far been into direct online selling of its products, was now looking at tying up with a chain of retail stores to sell the product across India. It had tied up with Wal-Mart in the U.S. for retailing its product. It was yet to be seen as to how it would take off in other geographies also, said Malhotra.
Dell International Services India has managed to garner a large share of business from the enterprise segment and focus is lately on Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) firms and small and medium enterprise businesses.
Asserting that the production unit in Chennai would certainly bring down the cost of computers, he said the benefit would be passed on to customers. The installed capacity of the Chennai unit was four lakh units a year with enough scope for expansion.
He said the company was concentrating on the development of its Gurgaon centre and proposed to increase the headcount in its international services centers in India from 14,000 to 20,000.
Earlier, as part of corporate social responsibility, Malhotra inaugurated the second Dell computer centre for the benefit of underprivileged students at Habsiguda in Hyderabad. The first centre has been functioning at Nampally since April 2006.
He said this is the fifth centre which Dell opened in the country with two in Bangalore and one in Delhi.
Jaideep Pradhan, site director, Dell Hyderabad, said the centre with the support of the NGO Hope, enables children from under-served sections of the society to acquire IT knowledge and progress in the digital driven world.