National Award for small scale entreprenuers Sands established a development centre to undertake Design & Development of Embedded Systems in 2002. As a mark of recognition, the Small Industries Development Organisation awarded Sands the National Award for small scale entreprenuers.
Innovative Ideas Sands was awarded the first prize for innovative ideas in the 4th International Technology fair organised by NSIC in 1995 for developing India's first hand held computer.
Power Distribution Automation Appreciation from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, for efforts and contributions by Sands in the field of Power Distribution Automation.
Geographical Information System Award for excellence for developing Geographical Information System for electrical utilities using ESRI platform. The GIS solution enables the utilities to manage assets and provide timely fault rectification.