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ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome is the most common endocrine disorder among women between the ages between 18-44. It affects approximately 2% to 20% of this age group. It is one the leading endocrine disease and which affects one in 15 women in worldwide. The incidence of PCOS among adolescents is estimated to be between 11 and 26% (3) and about 50% are overweight. OBJECTIVES: 1) To assess knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome among B.Sc. Nursing part III students in selected nursing college. 2) To assess effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome among B.Sc. Nursing part III students in selected nursing college. 3) To find out association between knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome among B.Sc. Nursing part III students in selected nursing college and selected demographic variables. DESIGN: In this study Pre-experimental one group pretest and posttest design without control group will be used in this study for the pretest study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome on level of knowledge among students of B.Sc. Nursing part III. RESULT: With regard to the knowledge most of them had inadequate knowledge in pretest and most of them had moderate knowledge in post-test. With regard to the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among Students of B.Sc. Nursing Part III, the mean post-test knowledge score was 17.32 more than the mean pre-test knowledge score was 12.47 (17.32>12.47). The obtained ,,t" value was highly significant. The study revealed that Planned Teaching Programme was effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. With regard to the association between the knowledge with their selected demographic variables in the present study findings revealed that there was a significant association between the knowledge among Students of B.Sc. Nursing Part III and their religion and source of information about PCOS. The study findings revealed that among B.Sc. Nursing part III students, the mean pre-test score was mean score was 12.47 with the standard deviation of 2.35.and post-test score mean score was 17.32 with the standard deviation of 2.83. The mean difference was 4.85. The obtained ,,t" value 8.222 was statistically significant at p<0.05 level. Hence the stated hypothesis (H1) was accepted. It was inferred that the mean post-test level of knowledge score was more than the pre-test level of knowledge score. There is a significant difference between the mean pre and post-test level of knowledge among B. Sc. Nursing part III students. Thus Planned Teaching Programme was proven effective on the level of knowledge regarding PCOS among students of B.Sc. Nursing part III. Conclusion: The main conclusion drawn in this present study was majority of Students of B.Sc. Nursing part III had moderate, inadequate level of knowledge. After Planned Teaching Programme regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome the level of knowledge was increased significantly. Keywords: - Effectiveness of planned teaching programme, ovarian syndrome