The past and present partners include:

1. CARE West Bengal: Supported capacity building and hand holding of the women federation. The support also helped facilitate networking with different agencies both in the realms of social and financial intermediation.  
2. UNICEF: Was the first organization to have extended a hand of collaboration with CDHI and worked closely to establish schools in the Buxa region. UNICEF’s then officers Sulagna Roy and Rajiva Singh worked as real facilitators with strong sense of partnership. The partnership further extended to Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) and counselling for the HIV/AIDS.   
3. Government of West Bengal-Panchayat and Rural Development: CDHI’s women SHG has been a story of success in the state which saw development of a members’ owned and managed federation. Seeing the success Government of West Bengal asked CDHI to support their capacity  building program for the SHGs-SGSY as a District Technical Assistance(DTA) team. The collaboration has been very effective in ensuring the quality SHGs in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar.
4. SSA-Jalpaiguri: Supports Buxa educational initiatives post BSJA supported by the UNICEF. This is an important step toward mainstreaming.
5. Zila Parishad Jalpaiguri: We have a continued collaboration with the Zila Parishad in various aspects for examples RSVY and Nava Disha ,NAREGA and Child Labour Schools.  
6. Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Supports the pilot initiative on the integrated development of a Tribal region-Ramsai, Jalpaiguri. The focus is more on education and awareness building combined with advocacy and lobbying for the tribal entitlements,
7. GTZ: Supported a study on the basic health services in Jalpaiguri.
8. Arcadic Euroconsult-Supported pump technology innovation initiatives in North Bengal.
9. DFID –through PRIA India-This is aimed at creating stronger interface between  civil society and decentralized governance  to support the Government of West Bengal in their decentralized governance strategies,
10. Goal India-Prospective: Integrated livelihoods initiative possibly in Kumargram.
11. CASA-prospective-Integrated livelihoods possibly in the Buxa areas.   
12. European Union(EU) in collaboration with the University of Essex (UK): The collaboration is in the field of High Aquatic Resources Conservation program being under taken simultaneously in seven countries.