Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition () is a research and educational institute under the Ministry of Agriculture on Applied Nutrition. Md. Khorshed Alam is the present Executive Director of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition. and Shafiqul Islam, PO to ED.
Applied Nutrition Project was founded in 1968. It was renamed to Bangladesh Applied Nutrition and Human Resource Development Board in 2000. The board was further reorganized and re-branded to Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition on 19 June 2012. On 1 July 2021, BIRTAN has been shifted to its own campus of 100 acres at Bishnandi, Araihazar, Narayanganj. Now BIRTAN is a well known government organization in Bangladesh.