Veena Sarojiniamma has been working in inkjet printing industry for the last 16 years, and has made contributions in printhead development, inks and inkjet printing. Veena has led several product development processes from concept through to testing and implementation; one of the key contributions was in the development of Xaar 1001. Currently she works as Ink Application Scientist at Industrial Inkjet Ltd, where she is responsible for qualifying inks with Konica Minolta printheads. Veena holds a Masters in Physics and a PhD in Materials Science and has published several research articles in international journals as well as co-authoring a patent on piezo-electric actuators.