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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The word 'insomnia' originates from the latin "in"(no) and "somnus (sleep)."It is the first psychosomatic disorder to be described by Johan Heinroth in 1818.1 The term Insomnia is derived from the French word "Insomnie", insomnia clinically presents as a subjective perception of dissatisfaction with the amount and/or quality of the sleep. Difficulty in falling asleep may be primarily due to behavioural cognitive factors such as worrying in bed or having unreasonable expectations of sleep duration.as insomnia is both a symptom and a disorder in itself, detailed evaluation of the problem is imperative before reaching a clinical diagnosis2 In 2005, the National Institutes of Health held a state of the science conference on the manifestations of chronic insomnia in Adults, a summary of this conference can be obtained at the NIH consensus development program Insomnia is a sleep disorder where individual finds difficult to fall asleep. Sleep studies measures the body's ability to sleep while also detecting ways the body responds to certain sleep problems.when left untreated can cause serious health risks such as- High blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, depression etc.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY o To assess the Prevalence of Insomnia among nursing students of selected Nursing colleges of Guwahati, Assam. o To find out the associated factors of Insomnia among nursing students in the selected Nursing colleges of Guwahati, Assam. o To associate the prevalence and associated factors on insomnia among nursing students of the selected Nursing colleges of Guwahati , Assam with the selected demographic variable. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The research approach adopted was quantitative approach. Non experimental research design was used in this study. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the samples. The study was conducted in the selected nursing colleges of Guwahati, Assam who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The tools used for the study were standard questionnaire to assess the prevalence of insomnia. RESULTS: The study revealed that out 180 nursing students, 98(54.44%) had good sleep quality and 82(45.56%) had poor sleep quality. 59(32.8%) students belongs to the age group 20-22 years had insomnia, 81(45.0%) students were female, 31(17.2%) students belong to 4th year B.Sc. nursing students, 2(1.1%) were suffering from medical conditions, (52.8%)consume coffee daily before bedtime , 21(11.7%)have effects of sleep in functioning day to day life, 14(58.3%) use <1 hours mobile phone before sleep for games, 29(19.7%) students use mobile phone for social media , 44(34.1%) students use <1hrs mobile phone for assignments, 38(21.1%) students have dinner 9-11 pm, 68(37.8%) students stays in hostel. In the association of level of sleep quality among the nursing students with their selected demographic variables and associated factors the demographic variables such as use of mobile phone before sleep for assignments, usual time for dinner shows statistically significant association with the level of sleep quality among nursing students at p<0.05 the demographic variables such as age, gender, educational status, any medical conditions, consumption of tea or coffee before sleep ,effect of sleep in functioning day to day life, ,place of stay did not show statistically significant association with the level of sleep quality among the nursing students with their selected demographic variables at p<0.05 level of significance CONCLUSION: The study concluded that out of 180 nursing students 98(54.44%) had good sleep quality and 82(45.56) had poor sleep quality .Poor sleep quality was observed among B.Sc. nursing students in all batches with different demographic factors regardless of poor sleep quality majority of the students had good sleep quality. Efforts should be made to recognize insomnia and treat at earliest.