Areejit Banerjee is an AI Policy Researcher at Purdue University and a Senior Data Protection Leader with more than years of experience at global institutions including Carfax (S&P Global), Broadridge and the World Bank. He specializes in bridging technical defense with executive governance. A named contributor to the "OWASP Automated Threat Handbook," Areejit has authored policy briefs for the White House OSTP and is published in Dark Reading and Corporate Compliance Insights. Currently pursuing an M.S. in AI at Purdue, he holds an MBA and PGP in AI/ML, focusing on operationalizing the NIST AI RMF to protect enterprise data assets.