Prof. Dr. Manik Kishanrao Tandle is presently working as Dean of Veterinary College, Bidar and he has completed 4 years tenure of Director of Instruction (PGS) and 1 year as Director of Student Welfare (Additional charge) of Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar and rendered a total professional service for more than 30 years in different capacities like Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Senior Professor in Department of of Veterinary Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Veterinary College, Bidar. He has guided 22 M.V.Sc and 3 PhD students. As Course Director for Refresher Training Course on Artificial insemination and treatment of infertility in dairy cattle, trained more than 550 Veterinary officers of Govt. of Karnataka. Worked as Nodal Officer (Technical) for a RKVY Project on Therapeutic management of infertile and anoestrus animals and organization of infertility treatment camps for AI synchronized by use of CIDR in crossbred cows and buffaloes in Bidar district with budget of Rs. 1 Crore. Received Prof. B. K. Basu Memorial Award (Medal and Certificate) for the year 2000 from the Indian Veterinary Association for the best research article, Received UAS Dharwad Gold Medal and Merit certificate for the highest OGPA in PhD in Animal Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics in the year 2001, Received Fellow Award-2011 from Society for Biotechnology, Received Best presentation award of a research paper as co-author at ISSAR Convention at Nagpur in the year 2014, Received Best Poster presentation award as co-author for a clinical case at ISSAR Convention at Nagpur in the year 2014, Received Appreciation certificate as co-author in Anaesthesiology Session Award - 2014 from Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery, Received best poster presentation award as co-author at 34th ISSAR convention, Anand, Received Fellowship of National academy of Dairy Science (India) in the year 2019 and Received best poster presentation award as co-author at ISSAR Convention held at Namakkal in the year 2019. He has received ISSAR-Fellowship from Indian Society for study of Animal Reproduction at Thrissur, Kerala in the year 2023. He has published more than 126 research and clinical articles in national and international journals. Contributed chapters In Bubaline Theriogenology edited by Purohit G N and Borghese A. International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS), Ithaca N Y, USA and Immunology of animal reproduction by Y. Hari Babu. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, Edited various books like Reproductive disorders of livestock published by Agrotech Publishing Academy, Udaipur, Veterinary Obstetrics - A Practical Guide and Veterinary, Animal and Poultry Science Dictionary, from Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, Artificial Insemination and Treatment of Infertility in Dairy Animals and Veterinary Andrology and Artificial Insemination in Dairy Animals from New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. Published A Practical Manual of Veterinary Obstetrics, A Practical Manual of Veterinary Andrology and Reproductive Techniques and A Practical Manual of Veterinary Gynaecology along with Khaja Mohteshamuddin, M K Tandle and R G Bijurkar by Satish Serial Publishing House, Delhi.