 * {
     margin: 0;
     padding: 0;
     box-sizing: border-box;
     font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 }

 .hero {
     background: url('pics/grad.jfif') no-repeat center center/cover;
     height: 600px;
     background-size: cover;
     background-position: center;
     position: relative;
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     overflow: hidden;
 }


 /* overlay dark effect */
 .hero::before {
     content: "";
     position: absolute;
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     background: rgba(57, 29, 29, 0.45);
 }

 .hamburger {
     display: none;
     flex-direction: column;
     cursor: pointer;
     gap: 5px;
 }

 .hamburger span {
     width: 28px;
     height: 3px;
     background-color: white;
     border-radius: 2px;
     transition: 0.3s ease;
 }

 .navbar {
     position: absolute;
     top: 0;
     left: 0;
     width: 95%;
     padding: 10px 30px 2px 20px;
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: space-between;
     z-index: 1;



 }



 .nav-links {
     list-style: none;
     display: flex;
     gap: 30px;

     border-radius: 20px;
     width: 50%;
     justify-content: center;
     height: 50px;

 }



 #courses {
     list-style: disc;
     margin-left: 20px;
     margin-top: 10px;
     padding-bottom: 10px;
     content: "\25bc";


 }

 .nav-links a {
     text-decoration: none;
     color: white;
     font-size: 14px;
     letter-spacing: 1.5px;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-family: 'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;

 }

 .nav-links .active a {
     padding-bottom: 0px;
     font-weight: bold;
     color: #fff;
     text-align: center;
     transition: text-shadow 0.3s ease-in-out;
     animation: glow 1.5s ease-in-out infinite alternate;

 }

 .nav-links a:hover {
     color: #007;

 }

 /* Right Button */
 .btn-enquire {
     background: #fbb03b;
     color: #fff;
     padding: 14px 26px;
     color: white;
     text-decoration: none;
     border: 2px solid orange;
     border-radius: 15px;
 }

 /* HERO TEXT */
 .hero-content {
     position: absolute;
     /* left: 80px; */
     bottom: 120px;
     z-index: 2;
     max-width: 500px;
 }

 .hero-content h1 {
     font-size: 60px;
     font-weight: 300;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
     color: #fff;
     font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
 }

 .hero-content p {
     line-height: 1.6;
     margin-bottom: 25px;
     color: #fff;
     font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 }

 .btn-book {
     background: #fbb03b;
     color: #fff;
     padding: 14px 26px;
     color: white;
     text-decoration: none;
     border: 2px solid orange;
     border-radius: 15px;
 }

 .dropdown {
     cursor: pointer;
     position: relative;
     padding-bottom: 0px;
     margin-top: 0px;





 }

 .dropdown a {
     display: block;
     padding: 10px 15px;
     position: relative;
     margin-top: 0;


 }

 .dropdown-content {
     position: absolute;
     display: none;
     box-shadow: 0px 4px 20px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
     border-radius: 4px;
     margin-top: 1px;
     background-color: rgba(131, 125, 125, 0.423);
     z-index: 999;
 }

 .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
     display: block;
     /*  background-color: transparent;*/




 }

 .dropdown-content.show {
     display: block;
 }

 @media(max-width:950px) {
     .hero {
         flex-direction: column;
     }

     .hero-content {
         text-align: center;
     }

     .hamburger {
         display: flex;
         align-items: center;
         justify-content: center;
         order: 3;

     }

     .btn-enquire {
         order: 2;
     }

     .logo-img {
         order: 1;
     }

     .nav-links {
         position: absolute;
         top: 100px;
         left: -100%;
         width: 100%;
         flex-direction: column;
         background-color: #00000040;
         transition: 0.3s ease;
         gap: 0;
         z-index: 999;
         text-align: left;
         min-height: 300px;
         overflow: scroll;
         box-sizing: border-box;
     }

     .nav-links a {
         padding-left: 30px;
         margin-left: 30px;
     }

     .dropdown-content a {
         margin-left: 15px;
         box-sizing: border-box;
         width: 100%;
         padding: 10px 20px;
     }

     .nav-links.active {
         left: 0;
         z-index: 999;
     }

     .nav-links a,
     .nav-links li {
         padding: 15px 0;
         width: 100%;
     }

     .dropdown-content {
         position: static;
         background: #0f2f5a;
     }

     .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {
         display: block;
     }

 }

 .dropdown a:hover {}



 .main {
     width: 100%;
     height: auto;
     display: flow-root;
     margin: 0 0 0 0;
     padding: 0 0 0 0;
     background-color: #fff;

 }

 .intro-section {
     padding: 0 0 0 0;
     background: #fff;
     font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
     width: 90%;
     height: auto;

     margin-left: 5%;
     margin-bottom: 10%;
 }


 .intro-container {
     width: 98%;
     margin-right: 0px;
     margin-left: 5px;
     margin-top: 10px;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
     background-color: white;



     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
     gap: 30px;
 }


 .intro-img {
     width: 100%;
     border-radius: 12px;
     display: block;
     float: left;
     padding-left: 10px;
 }

 @media (max-width:768px) {
     .intro-container {
         grid-template-columns: 1fr;
     }
 }

 .intro-img img {
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     border-radius: 0px;
     object-fit: cover;
     padding-top: 30px;
 }

 .intro-text h2 {
     font-size: 40px;
     color: #c62828;
     /* red text */
     position: relative;

     text-align: center;
 }

 .intro-text {
     font-size: 20px;
     color: #131111;
     position: relative;
     padding-bottom: 15px;
     text-align: justify;
     padding-right: 20px;
     padding-top: 10px;
     line-height: 2;

 }


 .about-text h2 {
     font-size: 40px;
     color: #c62828;
     /* red text */
     position: relative;

     text-align: center;

 }


 .about-text h2::after {

     content: "";

     position: absolute;
     right: 27%;
     bottom: 0;
     width: 250px;
     /* ← controls line length */
     height: 5px;
     /* ← line thickness */
     background: #f39c12;
     /* orange line */
 }

 .about-section {
     padding-top: 100px;
     background: #fff;
     font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
     width: 98%;
     height: auto;

     margin-left: 5%;
     margin-bottom: 10%;
 }

 .about-container {
     width: 100%;
     margin-right: 0px;
     margin-left: 5px;
     margin-top: 10px;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
     background-color: white;
     column-gap: 12px;
     display: block;






 }

 .about-img {
     width: 100%;
     border-radius: 12px;
     display: block;
     float: left;
     padding-left: 10px;

 }

 .about-img img {
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     border-radius: 0px;
     object-fit: cover;
     padding-top: 30px;
 }

 .about-text {
     font-size: 20px;
     color: #131111;
     font-weight: 100;
     position: relative;
     padding-bottom: 15px;
     text-align: center;
     padding-right: 20px;
     padding-top: 10px;
     line-height: 2;
     display: flex;
     column-gap: 10px;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
 }

 .about-box {
     flex: 1;
     background-color: transparent;
     padding: 30px;
     border-radius: 8px;
     text-align: center;
     transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease;
     gap: 10px;

 }

 .about-box:hover {
     transform: translateY(-10px);
     box-shadow: 0 0 20px #0ff;
 }

 .values-text {
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 20px;
     color: #8d1515;
     position: relative;
     padding-bottom: 15px;
     padding-top: 0px;
     line-height: 2;
 }

 .values-container {
     max-width: 1200px;
     margin: auto;
     color: #8d1515;
     display: flex;
     grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
     padding-top: 0px;
     gap: 40px;


 }

 .features {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: stretch;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
     gap: 20px;
     padding: 50px;
     min-height: 300px;
 }

 @media (max-width:768px) {
     .features {
         flex-direction: column;
     }

 }

 .feature-box {
     flex: 1;
     background-color: transparent;
     padding: 30px;
     border-radius: 8px;
     text-align: center;
     transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease;
 }

 .feature-box:hover {
     transform: translateY(-10px);
     box-shadow: 0 0 20px #0ff;
 }

 .feature-box h2 {
     font-size: 30px;
     margin-bottom: 15px;
     color: #007;
     font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
     /* Accent color */
 }

 .feature-box p {
     font-size: 20px;
     line-height: 1.5;
     color: black;
 }

 .item {
     text-align: center;
     color: #8d1515;
     transition: .35s;


 }


 /* keeps all items aligned top */


 .item h3 {
     color: #f39c12;
     margin-bottom: 12px;
     font-weight: 600;
     text-align: center;
     margin-right: 100px;
 }

 .item p {
     font-size: 15px;
     line-height: 1.6;
     margin-right: 90px;
     text-align: center;
 }

 .prog-text {
     color: #fbb03b;
     text-align: center
 }

 .rule {
     color: #f39c12;
     width: 100%;
     display: block;
 }

 .courses {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     gap: 40px;
     margin: 40px auto;
     flex-direction: column;
     padding: 20px;
 }

 .course_heading {
     width: 100%;
 }

 .course_card_container {
     display: flex;
     gap: 20px;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
 }

 .course-card {
     background: #fff;
     border-radius: 8px;
     box-shadow: 0 4px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
     width: 280px;
     padding: 20px;
     text-align: center;
 }

 .course-card img {
     width: 100%;
     height: 160px;
     object-fit: cover;
     border-radius: 6px;
 }

 .course-card h3 {
     margin: 15px 0 10px;
     font-size: 18px;
     color: #333;
 }

 .learn-more {
     text-decoration: none;
     color: #0073e6;
     font-weight: bold;
 }

 .learn-more:hover {
     text-decoration: underline;
 }

 .view-all {
     margin: 30px 0;
 }

 .btn {
     background: #6a0dad;
     color: #fff;
     padding: 12px 24px;
     border-radius: 6px;
     text-decoration: none;
     font-weight: bold;
     transition: background 0.3s ease;
 }

 .btn:hover {
     background: #520b9e;
 }








 .join-us {
     width: 100%;
     color: #843434;
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 1.25rem;
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
     margin-top: 20px;
 }

 .join-us-container {
     background: #b8bbc4;
     padding: 80px 20px;
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     margin-left: 5%;
     margin-right: 5%;
     width: 90%;
 }


 .join-us-content {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     gap: 10px;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     width: 60%;
     color: #1c4ebc;
 }



 .join-us-buttons {
     display: flex;
     width: 50%;

     color: white;
     padding: 12px 28px;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     border: none;
     border-radius: 30px;
     font-weight: bold;
     letter-spacing: 1px;
     transition: 0.3s;
     margin-left: 450px;
     margin-right: 750px;
 }

 .btn-primary {
     background: #1c4ebc;
     color: #fff;
     padding: 12px 24px;
     border-radius: 6px;
     text-decoration: none;
     font-weight: bold;
     transition: background 0.3s ease;


 }

 .btn-primary:hover {
     background: #520b9e;
 }



 .line {
     width: 100%;
     height: 3px;
     background: #f39c12;
     margin-bottom: 25px;
 }

 .title {
     text-align: left;
     font-size: 40px;
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 5px;
     margin-top: 20px;
 }

 .sub-title {
     text-align: left;
     font-size: 20px;
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 5px;
     margin-top: 20px;
 }

 .why-card {
     display: flex;
     gap: 30px;
     justify-content: center;
     background-color: #ffffff;
     border: 2px solid #131111;

 }

 .why-card img {
     width: 100%;
     height: 100%;
     border-radius: 0px;


     padding-left: 0px;
     gap: 30px;
 }

 .h-content {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: space-between;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 20px;
     padding: 20px;

     padding-top: 8px;
 }

 .h-container {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     justify-content: center;
     min-height: 500px;
     padding-top: 0px;
     background-color: #fff;
     width: 99%;
     gap: 10px;
 }

 .h-text p {
     flex: 1;
     padding: 50px;
     font-size: 1.6rem;
     line-height: 1.5;
     color: #333;
     text-align: center;
     font-weight: bold;
 }

 .h-text h2 {
     font-weight: bold;
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 50px;
 }

 .h-image img {
     min-width: 60%;
     max-width: 650px;
     height: 400px;
     border-radius: 0px;
     box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
 }


 .words-section {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 20px;
     padding: 20px;
 }

 .words-container {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 20px;
     padding: 20px;
     background-color: rgb(221, 219, 215);

 }

 .words-text h1 {
     font-size: 30px;
     font-weight: bold;
     text-align: center;
     font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif;

 }

 .words-text p {
     font-size: 20px;
     text-align: center;
 }


 /*--------------------skills for excellence--------------------*/


 .h-content2 {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: space-between;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 20px;
     padding: 20px;

     padding-top: 50px;
     padding-bottom: 150px;
 }

 .h-container2 {
     max-width: 1300px;
     margin: auto;
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 60px;

 }

 .h-text2 p {
     font-size: 27px;
     line-height: 1.75;
     color: black;
     margin-bottom: 18px;
     font-weight: 300;
 }

 .h-text2 h2 {
     font-weight: bold;
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 50px;
 }

 .h-image2 img {
     width: 700px;
     height: 400px;
     border-radius: 0px;
     box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);

 }

 .contact-info {
     width: 100%;
     max-width: 1200px;
     margin: 80px auto;
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
     border: 1px solid #f2f2f2;
 }

 .info-box {
     padding: 60px 45px;
     text-align: center;
     border-right: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
 }

 .info-box:last-child {
     border-right: none;
 }

 .info-box i {
     font-size: 42px;
     color: #f05a28;
     margin-bottom: 22px;
 }

 .info-box h3 {
     font-size: 18px;
     font-weight: 700;
     letter-spacing: 2px;
     color: #333;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
 }

 .info-box p {
     color: #888;
     font-size: 15px;
     line-height: 1.8;
     margin-bottom: 25px;
 }

 .info-box a {
     color: #f05a28;
     text-decoration: none;
     font-weight: 600;
     font-size: 15px;
 }

 .info-box a:hover {
     color: #d94718;
 }

 @media (max-width:768px) {

     .contact-info {
         grid-template-columns: 1fr;
     }

     .info-box {
         border-right: none;
         border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0;
     }

     .info-box:last-child {
         border-bottom: none;
     }

     .h-container {
         flex-wrap: wrap;
     }

     .h-image img {
         width: 100%;
     }

     .words-container {
         flex-wrap: wrap;
     }

     .h-container2 {
         flex-wrap: wrap;
     }

     .h-image2 img {
         width: 98%;
     }
 }

 .contact-section {
     max-width: 1300px;
     margin: 80px auto;
     padding: 0 30px;

     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
     gap: 50px;
 }

 /* Headings */

 .contact-section h2 {
     font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
     font-size: 58px;
     color: #06142d;
     margin-bottom: 18px;
 }

 .contact-section p {
     font-size: 18px;
     color: #3c4863;
     line-height: 1.8;
     margin-bottom: 35px;
 }

 /* Form */

 .form-group {
     margin-bottom: 25px;
 }

 .form-group label {
     display: block;
     margin-bottom: 8px;
     font-weight: 600;
     color: #111;
 }

 .form-group input,
 .form-group textarea {

     width: 100%;
     padding: 15px 18px;

     border: 1px solid #555;
     border-radius: 8px;

     font-size: 16px;
     font-family: inherit;

     outline: none;
     transition: .3s;
 }

 .form-group input:focus,
 .form-group textarea:focus {

     border-color: skyblue;

 }

 .form-group textarea {

     height: 170px;
     resize: none;

 }

 button {

     width: 100%;
     border: none;

     background: skyblue;
     color: #fff;

     padding: 18px;

     border-radius: 8px;

     font-size: 18px;
     font-weight: 600;

     cursor: pointer;
     transition: .3s;

 }

 button:hover {

     background: #4f1677;

 }

 /* Map */

 .contact-map iframe {

     width: 100%;
     height: 500px;

     border: none;
     border-radius: 10px;

 }

 /* Responsive */

 @media(max-width:991px) {

     .contact-section {

         grid-template-columns: 1fr;

     }

     .contact-section h2 {

         font-size: 42px;

     }

     .contact-map iframe {

         height: 400px;

     }

 }

 @media(max-width:600px) {

     .contact-section {

         padding: 0 20px;

     }

     .contact-section h2 {

         font-size: 34px;

     }

     .contact-section p {

         font-size: 16px;

     }

     button {

         font-size: 16px;

     }
 }


 .form-container2 {
     display: flex;
     gap: 20px;
     max-width: 1300px;
     margin: auto;
 }

 .form-group2 {
     flex: 1;
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
     padding-top: 20px;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
 }

 .form-group2 label {
     font-size: 16px;
     font-weight: 600;
     color: #222;
     margin-bottom: 10px;
 }

 .form-group2 select {
     width: 100%;
     height: 42px;
     padding: 0 15px;
     font-size: 15px;
     color: #333;
     background: #fff;
     border: 1px solid #555;
     border-radius: 6px;
     outline: none;
     cursor: pointer;
     transition: border-color 0.3s ease;
 }

 .form-group2 select:focus {
     border-color: #007bff;
 }

 /* Mobile */
 @media (max-width: 768px) {
     .form-container2 {
         flex-direction: column;
     }
 }

 /*------courses------*/

 .courses {
     max-width: 1200px;
     margin: auto;

     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(320px, 1fr));
     gap: 30px;
 }

 .course-card {
     background: #fff;
     border: 1px solid #e4e4e4;
     border-radius: 4px;
     overflow: hidden;
     transition: .3s;
     box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, .08);
 }

 .course-card:hover {
     transform: translateY(-6px);
     box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, .15);
 }

 .course-card img {
     width: 100%;
     height: 220px;
     object-fit: cover;
     display: block;
 }

 .content {
     padding: 24px;
 }

 .content h3 {
     font-family: Georgia, serif;
     font-size: 24px;
     line-height: 1.3;
     color: #0b1636;
     margin-bottom: 20px;
 }

 .content a {
     display: inline-flex;
     align-items: center;
     gap: 10px;

     color: #6a0dad;
     font-weight: 600;
     text-decoration: none;
     transition: .3s;
 }

 .content a:hover {
     color: #3d0088;
 }

 .content a i {
     transition: .3s;
 }

 .content a:hover i {
     transform: translateX(6px);
 }






 /*-------------FOOTER START---------------*/

 .footer {
     background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0b1c39, #122a57);
     color: white;
     line-height: 1.6;
     position: relative;
     padding-top: 80px;
     width: 100%;

 }

 .footer {
     width: 100%;
 }

 .footer-wave {
     position: absolute;

 }

 .footer-container {
     display: flex;
     justify-content: space-around;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
     padding: 40px 8%;
     height: fit-content;
 }

 .footer-box {
     width: 220px;
     margin-bottom: 30px;
     animation: fadeUp 1s ease;
 }

 .footer-box h2,
 .footer-box h3 {
     margin-bottom: 15px;
     font-weight: 600;
     font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;


 }

 .footer-box p {
     line-height: 2;

 }



 .footer-box a {
     display: block;
     color: #ddd;
     text-decoration: none;
     margin-bottom: 8px;
     transition: .3s;
     height: fit-content;
 }

 .footer-box a:hover {
     color: #4da3ff;
     transform: translateX(5px);
 }


 .socials {
     display: flex;
     padding-top: 30px;
     gap: 15px;
 }

 .socials i {
     font-size: 22px;
     margin-right: 15px;
     cursor: pointer;
     transition: .3s;



 }

 .socials i:hover {
     color: #4da3ff;
     transform: scale(1.2);
 }

 .footer-bottom {
     text-align: center;
     padding: 15px;
     background: #08142b;
 }

 @keyframes fadeUp {
     from {
         opacity: 0;
         transform: translateY(40px);
     }

     to {
         opacity: 1;
         transform: translateY(0);
     }
 }

 /* 📱 Responsive */
 @media(max-width:768px) {
     .footer-container {
         flex-direction: column;
         align-items: center;
         text-align: center;
         width: 100%;
     }

     footer {
         width: 100%;
     }

     .socials {
         flex-wrap: wrap;
     }

 }