GIRISH SAINT was co-founder of Prayas; a non-profit organization based in Pune, whose Energy Group initiatives he coordinated. He was involved in research, training, and advocacy on policy issues in the power sector for the last seventeen years.

Girish Sant was a member of the Planning Commission's Expert Group on 'Low Carbon Growth', and also served on 'Working Group on Power' for the 11th plan. He was also member of  the PMO committee on the draft National Energy Efficiency Mission, Advisory Committee of Central Electricity Regulatory Commissions, and Supreme Court Committee on Energy from Municipal Solid Waste. In 2008, he received the Distinguished Energy Alumnus Award of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay.

Sant had been working in the power sector in the area of analysis and advocacy from 1987. He had published several papers and reports on above subjects and has spoken at several national and international events.

Before founding Prayas, Sant worked in the areas of industrial and agricultural energy efficiency, evaluation of renewable energy technologies, and research on energy impacts of urbanization. Girish received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT. His interest in energy policy started with his involvement in the Sardar Sarovar Project and on nuclear power. All India Power Engineers federation salutes the great engineer.