diff --git a/crawl.py b/crawl.py
index 7d2e39e..0aee089 100644
--- a/crawl.py
+++ b/crawl.py
@@ -9,31 +9,47 @@
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 from presidio_analyzer import AnalyzerEngine
+from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer, util
 
 class DataCrawler:
-    def __init__(self, file_path):
-        """Initializes the DataCrawler with the path to a single data file.
+    def __init__(self, file_path, output_dir, similarity_threshold = 0.7):
+        """Initializes the DataCrawler with paths.
         
         Args:
             file_path (str): Path to the data file.
+            output_dir (str): Path to the output directory for JSON.
         """
         self.file_path = file_path
-        self.analyzer = AnalyzerEngine()  # Initialize Presidio PHI Detector
+        self.output_dir = output_dir
+        self.analyzer = AnalyzerEngine()  # Initialize Presidio PHI & PII Detector
+        self.model = SentenceTransformer("sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
+        self.similarity_threshold = similarity_threshold
+        self.pii_entities = [
+                "email", "phone number", "credit card", "ssn", "social security number", 
+                "name", "address", "dob", "date of birth", "passport number", "bank account"
+            ]
 
     def read_file(self):
         """Reads the specified file from the local filesystem."""
         with open(self.file_path, 'rb') as f:
             return f.read()
-        
+  
     def detect_phi(self, column_name):
-        """Uses Presidio to detect PHI/PII in column names."""
-        results = self.analyzer.analyze(text=column_name, entities = self.analyzer.get_supported_entities(language="en"), language="en")
-        return len(results) > 0  # Returns True if PHI is detected
+        """Uses Presidio to detect PHI in column names."""
+        results = self.analyzer.analyze(text=column_name, entities=self.analyzer.get_supported_entities(language="en"), language="en")
+        return any(entity.entity_type in ["MEDICAL_CONDITION", "MEDICAL_TREATMENT", "US_SSN"] for entity in results)
+
+    def detect_pii(self, column_name):
+        column_embedding = self.model.encode(column_name, convert_to_tensor=True)
+        pii_embeddings = self.model.encode(self.pii_entities, convert_to_tensor=True)
+
+        similarities = util.cos_sim(column_embedding, pii_embeddings)
+
+        # If any similarity score is above the threshold, flag as PII
+        return any(similarity > self.similarity_threshold for similarity in similarities[0])
 
     def infer_schema(self):
-        """
-        Infers schema from the file content and profiles the data.
-        """
+        """Infers schema from the file content and profiles the data."""
         file_ext = Path(self.file_path).suffix.lower()
         
         with open(self.file_path, "rb") as f:
@@ -58,22 +74,30 @@ def infer_schema(self):
             "columns": []
         }
 
-        for col in df.columns:
+        for col in df.columns: # converting the field names to lower case to reduce noise
             is_phi = self.detect_phi(col)
+            is_pii = self.detect_pii(col)
             schema["columns"].append({
                 'name': col,
                 'dtype': str(df[col].dtype),
                 'null_count': int(df[col].isnull().sum()),
                 'total_count': int(len(df[col])),
                 'distinct_count': int(df[col].nunique()),
-                'is_phi': is_phi
+                'is_phi': is_phi,
+                'is_pii': is_pii
             })
 
         return schema    
 
     def save_to_json(self, schema):
-        """Saves schema and profiling info to a JSON file."""
-        json_file = os.path.basename(self.file_path).replace('.', '_') + ".json"
+        """Saves schema and profiling info to a JSON file inside the specified output directory."""
+        
+        # Ensure the output directory exists
+        os.makedirs(self.output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+
+        # Construct the JSON file name (same as input file but with .json extension)
+        json_file_name = os.path.basename(self.file_path).replace('.', '_') + ".json"
+        json_file_path = os.path.join(self.output_dir, json_file_name)
 
         def convert_types(obj):
             """Handles serialization of NumPy and Pandas types."""
@@ -95,20 +119,21 @@ def convert_types(obj):
                 return {str(k): convert_types(v) for k, v in obj.items()}
             return obj
 
-        with open(json_file, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        # Save the schema to the specified directory
+        with open(json_file_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
             json.dump(schema, f, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False, default=convert_types)
 
-        print(f"Schema saved: {json_file}")
+        print(f"Schema saved: {json_file_path}")
 
     def run(self):
-        """
-        Runs the crawler for the given file.
-        """
+        """Runs the crawler for the given file."""
         schema = self.infer_schema()
         if schema:
             self.save_to_json(schema)
 
 # Example usage
-file_path = r"D:\Indium Internal Work\Accelerators\testing datasets\global_electronics_retailer\Customers.csv"
-crawler = DataCrawler(file_path=file_path)
-crawler.run()
\ No newline at end of file
+file_path = r"D:\Indium Internal Work\Accelerators\testing datasets\crm_sales_opportunities\sales_teams.csv"
+output_dir = r"D:\Indium Internal Work\Accelerators\inferred_schemas"
+
+crawler = DataCrawler(file_path=file_path, output_dir=output_dir)
+crawler.run()
diff --git a/improvements.md b/improvements.md
index 1c6b26d..a5858fa 100644
--- a/improvements.md
+++ b/improvements.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 1. Improve precision on the numerical fields.
-2. Most of the string and date fields are identified as objects.
+2. Most of the string and date fields are identified as objects. - DONE
 3. Detect encoding and use the corresponding decoding strategy (ascii, utf, iso).
 4. PHI detection accuracy must be improved.
diff --git a/pii_detector.py b/pii_detector.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..babd186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pii_detector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from transformers import pipeline
+from pathlib import Path
+import pandas as pd
+from presidio_analyzer import AnalyzerEngine
+
+
+path = Path(r"D:\Indium Internal Work\Accelerators\testing datasets\large_customers.csv")
+df = pd.read_csv(path, nrows=0)  # Read only the header row
+field_names = [field.lower() for field in df.columns.tolist()]  # Convert to list
+print(field_names)
+
+analyzer = AnalyzerEngine()
+
+def detect_pii(column_name):
+    """Uses Presidio to detect general PII in column names."""
+    results = analyzer.analyze(text = column_name, entities = analyzer.get_supported_entities(language="en"), language = "en")
+    print(results)
+    # return any(entity.entity_type in ["EMAIL_ADDRESS", "PHONE_NUMBER", "CREDIT_CARD", "PERSON", 'LOCATION', 'PHONE NUMBER', 'NRP', 'IBAN_CODE'] for entity in results)
+
+for field in field_names:
+    detect_pii(field)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pii_detector_bert.py b/pii_detector_bert.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b45374b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pii_detector_bert.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+from transformers import pipeline
+from pathlib import Path
+import pandas as pd
+from presidio_analyzer import AnalyzerEngine
+from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer, util
+
+
+path = Path(r"D:\Indium Internal Work\Accelerators\testing datasets\large_customers.csv")
+df = pd.read_csv(path, nrows=0)  # Read only the header row
+field_names = [field.lower() for field in df.columns.tolist()]  # Convert to list
+print(field_names)
+
+
+class PIIDetector:
+    def __init__(self, pii_entities=None, similarity_threshold=0.7):
+        """
+        Initializes the PII Detector with a predefined list of PII entities.
+        
+        Args:
+            pii_entities (list, optional): List of known PII entity names.
+            similarity_threshold (float, optional): Threshold for similarity detection.
+        """
+        self.similarity_threshold = similarity_threshold
+
+        # Default PII entities if none are provided
+        if pii_entities is None:
+            self.pii_entities = [
+                "email", "phone number", "credit card", "ssn", "social security number", 
+                "name", "address", "dob", "date of birth", "passport number", "bank account"
+            ]
+        else:
+            self.pii_entities = pii_entities
+
+        # Load sentence transformer model
+        self.model = SentenceTransformer("sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
+
+    def detect_pii(self, column_name):
+        """
+        Uses Sentence Transformers to detect PII in column names.
+        
+        Args:
+            column_name (str): The column name to check.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if column name is considered PII.
+        """
+        column_embedding = self.model.encode(column_name, convert_to_tensor=True)
+        pii_embeddings = self.model.encode(self.pii_entities, convert_to_tensor=True)
+
+        # Compute cosine similarity between column and PII entities
+        similarities = util.cos_sim(column_embedding, pii_embeddings)
+
+        # If any similarity score is above the threshold, flag as PII
+        return any(similarity > self.similarity_threshold for similarity in similarities[0])
+
+# Example Usage
+detector = PIIDetector()
+
+for column in field_names:
+    print(detector.detect_pii(column))
\ No newline at end of file