The CDEP has established institutional linkages with several organisations involved in the promotion of sustainable development. Among them are:
- South Asian Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resource Studies (SaciWaters)
- Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE)
- Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) -India
- Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
- International Water Resources Association (IWRA)
- Progress in Development Studies (PDS)
- Institute of Economic Growth (Delhi)
- Madras School of Economics (Chennai)
- Faculty of Economics and Industrial Management, Oulu University, Finland
- International Input-Output Association(IIOA)
- Association of Environment and Resource Economists (AERE)