Samidha Mahesh Pusalkar is a doctoral scholar specialising in the Preservation of Architectural Heritage at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Her PhD research explores approaches to contextualise the conservation of living religious heritage sites. Samidha's research interests are generally concerned with studying the dynamics of intangible heritage values with built heritage.

Currently serving as a Scientific Advisory Committee member at Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) and Programmes Coordinator at ESACH, she has a background in history, archaeology, architecture, heritage management and conservation. Previously, she has worked for INTACH (India) and at English Heritage (UK). She holds experience in working on various sustainable conservation frameworks, heritage management plans and awareness initiatives for a broad range of properties, including ancient, medieval and post-medieval heritage landscapes and sites.