Flautist Santosh Sant hails from a family of musicians, from Gwalior(Central India), and received his early training in Indian classical music from his father Late Sh. Vasantrao Sant, a Gwalior gharana(School)vocalist. He was subsequently trained by famous Sitarist.Pt. Shriram Umdekar. Santosh Sant later moved to Mumbai to learn from flute maestro Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia,and became his "Gandabandh-Shishya"(Disciple). Now-days,his name is considered in one of the senior disciples of Pt.Hariprasad Chaurasia.