Ven. Santini (Indonesia)
Ven. Dhammananda (Thailand)
Ven. Lieu Phap (Vietnam)

The opening ceremony of the Gotami Vihara in Malaysia in 2012 was the first time that the host invited the first Theravada bhikkhunis of Asia: Venerable Santini (Indonesia), Venerabel Dr. Lieu Phap (Vietnam) and Venerable Dhammananda (Thailand).

The other female monastics hose who attended the meeting were Malay anagarikas and Sri Lankan bhikkhunis. This brought about the logo of the network using the image of the Sri Lankan cannonball flower with 5 petals symbolizing bhikkhunis from 5 countries.

At the time,  the Asian bhikkhuni sangha had agreed on gathering and establishing the Network of Asian Theravada Bhikkhunis. There were 5 co-founding countries. The works of the 5 founders share information and work together. In January, 2015, at the International Bhikkhuni Ordination in Sri Lanka there were 11 candidates from Vietnam, Thailand and Bangladesh and this, too, organized by the network. ASEAN Buddhist Conference at Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University was organised in September 2016 by the network, with 21 countries attending including all member countries of the network. The Annual International Monastic Training at Songdhammakalyani monastery is organized on behalf of the network as well.