The Centre’s record indicates a diversity of destinations. Several former students have gone overseas to pursue doctoral and post-doctoral programmes. Many students end up in faculty positions in the university system, both in India and abroad as also in civil services. A number of important think tanks and research institutes in New Delhi – such as the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) and the Institute of Conflict Management – count former CIPOD students among their research personnel. Journalism, both print and electronic, and the voluntary sector are other areas in which CIPOD alumni have made a mark over the years. The Centre also has on its rolls government officers, military and civilian, who return to their parent institutions after completing their programme of study.
A select, certainly not exhaustive, list of CIPOD alumnus is given below.
- A. P. Vijapur, Professor, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University
- Adirupa Sengupta, Chief Executive, Common Purpose (Asia-Pacific), UK
- Anusha Shrivastava, Assistant Director, Career Services, Columbia Journalism School
- Arun Dalvi, Professor and Head, Geopolitics/ Military Geography, Professor of Strategic Studies, Geopolitics, Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Pune
- Arun Vishwanathan, Assistant Professor, International Strategic & Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore
- Ashish Vachhani, IAS
- Ashok Kumar Behuria, Research Fellow, The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi
- Ashok Swain, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
- Ashutosh Misra, Research Fellow/Associate Investigator, Centre of Excellence in Policing & Security, Griffith University, Australia
- Atul Mishra Hari, Assistant Professor, Centre for Studies in International Politics and Governance, School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat
- Bhupendra Brar, Professor, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Brahma Chellaney, Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
- C. Raja Mohan, Head, Strategic Studies and Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi
- Devika Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi
- Harun Rasid Khan, Deputy Governor, the Reserve Bank of India
- Jayashree Vivekanandan, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, South Asian University
- K. Savitri, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
- M. Rajendran, Senior Assistant Editor, Hindustan Times.
- Manish, Associate Professor, Department of International Relations/Politics, School of Global Studies, Sikkim University, Gangtok
- Manoranjan Mohanty, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Economics, School of Government, Development and International Affairs, The University of the South Pacific, Fiji
- Meenal Shrivastava, Associate Professor & Academic Coordinator, Global Studies & Political Economy, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada
- Neela Nila Mohanan, IAS
- Om Prakash Mishra, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
- P. S. Jayaramu, Professor, Department of Political Science, Bangalore University
- Priya Naik, Assistant Professor, Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi
- Priyankar Upadhyaya, Professor and UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding, e Banaras Hindu University
- Rajiv Nayan, Senior Fellow, The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi
- Ronki Ram, Professor, Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh
- Saumitra Mohan, IAS
- S. Kalyanaraman, Research Fellow, The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi
- Seema Narain, Associate Professor, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi
- Shrikant Paranjpe, Professor, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Pune
- Sucharita Sengupta, Department of Political Science, Jamia MIllia Islamia, New Delhi
- Sudhir Jacob George, Professor Department of Political Science, Hyderabad Central University
- Sunil Adam, US based journalist, commentator and cartoonist.
- Suparna Bhattacharjee, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, North-Eastern Hill University
- T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- Uttam Kumar Sinha, Research Fellow, The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi
- Vasudha Dhingra, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi