The Madhyam Foundation was founded in 2004  as a Development Support Organization(building capacity of smaller NGOs and Microfinance Institutions) by Mr. Subrat Singhdeo a Masters in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University Madhyam’s  vision is “An Odisha where every low income family is livelihood secure and lives a dignified life” and major activities currently undertaken are:
Promotion of System of Rice Intensification, vegetable cultivation, pulses and millet cultivation, tuber crop and turmeric cultivation among small and marginal households
Goat rearing and Poultry for land less farmers
Promotion of  Vegetable growers co-operatives,
Promotion of simple cost effective gravity flow irrigation methods and  
APPI support is to carry out above activities in Khandamal district with 4000 small marginal Farmers.