@font-face {
  font-family: "GeneralSans";
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(../fonts/GeneralSans-Regular.woff2) format("woff2");
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA,
    U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215,
    U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "GeneralSans-Italic";
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(../fonts/GeneralSans-Italic.woff2) format("woff2");
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA,
    U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215,
    U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "GeneralSans-Medium";
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(../fonts/GeneralSans-Medium.woff2) format("woff2");
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA,
    U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215,
    U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}
@font-face {
  font-family: "GeneralSans-Semibold";
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(../fonts/GeneralSans-Semibold.woff2) format("woff2");
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA,
    U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215,
    U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}

/* Fonts style ends */
html {
  scrollbar-width: thin;
  scrollbar-color: auto transparent;
	scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
html,
body {
  font-family: "GeneralSans", Arial, "sans-serif";
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 22px;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #212529;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  height: 100%;
  background: #fff;
}
.italic {
	font-family: "GeneralSans-Italic", "sans-serif";
}
.bold {
	font-family: "GeneralSans-Semibold", "sans-serif";
}
.semibold {
	font-family: "GeneralSans-Medium", "sans-serif";
}
.btn-primary {
	background: #262C65;
	border-color: #262C65;
}
.btn-primary:hover {
	background: #161b49;
	border-color: #161b49;
}
.container-fluid {
	padding: 0;
}
.sidebar {
  padding: 40px 25px 20px;
  width: 300px;
  background: #fff;
	transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.close-btn {
  position: absolute;
  top: 20px;
  right: 20px;
  background: none;
  border: none;
  font-size: 40px;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.logo .tagline {
  display: block;
}
img {
  max-width: 100%;
}
a,
a:link,
a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}
/* Left Bar */
.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link {
  position: relative;
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: normal;
  padding: 0.3rem 0;
  color: #606060;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For Safari and older Chrome */
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For older Firefox */
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For older Opera */
  transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  width: 0;
  height: 1px;
  background-color: #000;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For Safari and older Chrome */
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For older Firefox */
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For older Opera */
  transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link:focus,
.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link:hover {
  color: #000;
  padding-left: 1.5rem;
}
.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link:focus::before,
.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link:hover::before {
  width: 1rem;
}
.nav-pills .nav-item.active>.nav-link::before {
  width: 3rem !important;
}
.nav-pills .nav-item.active>.nav-link{
  padding-left: 4rem;
}
.nav-pills .nav-item.active>.nav-link,
.nav-pills .nav-item.active>.nav-link:hover,
.nav-pills .nav-item.active>.nav-link:focus,
.nav-pills .nav-item .link-dark.active{
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #000 !important;
  font-family: "GeneralSans-Medium", "sans-serif";
}
.nav-pills .nav-item .link-dark {
	color: #606060;
	padding: 0 !important;
	background: none !important;
}
.dash-list {
    list-style-type: '— ';
	padding-left: 14px;
}
.dash-list li {
	padding-left: 5px;
}
.num-list {
	padding-left: 14px;
}
.num-list li {
	padding-left: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 15px;
}
hr {
	background: #757894;
	opacity: 1;
}
.alphabet-list {
  list-style-type: lower-alpha;
  padding-left: 20px; /* Adjust as needed */
}
.middle-hr {
	margin: 30px 0 40px
}
/* Main Page */
.wrapper {
	margin: 0 auto;
	max-width: 1600px;
}
.main-content {
  overflow: auto;
  flex: 1;
  scrollbar-width: none;
}
.main-content::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 0;
}

.jarallax {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 0;
	height: 500px;
  	height: 75vh;
}
.jarallax > .jarallax-img {
    position: absolute;
    object-fit: cover;
    font-family: 'object-fit: cover;';
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    z-index: -1;
}
.jarallax.about .jarallax-img {
	top: -100px !important
}
/* Banner */
.banner {
  height: 450px; /* Adjust height */
}
/* Inner Section */
.container-fluid {
  padding: 0;
}
.sec-pad {
  padding: 80px 50px;
}
.sec-pad h2 {
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 40px;
}
.scholarship h2,
.scholarship .head-para {
  color: #262c65;
}
.scholarship h2.accordion-header {
	line-height: 20px;
}
h2.accordion-header {
	margin-bottom: 0!important
}
.head-para {
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 30px;
  margin-bottom: 40px;
}
.head-para.subhead {
	font-family: "GeneralSans-Medium", "sans-serif";
	color:  #606060;
	margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.head-para.subhead small, .head-para.subhead .small {
	font-family: "GeneralSans", "sans-serif";
	font-size: 12px;
}
.head-para .stucol-text {
	margin-top: 5px;
	font-size: 14px;
  	line-height: 20px;
}
.empower, .empower .table {
  color: #C4C4C4;
  background: #262C65;
}
.empower td, .empower th {
	padding: .5rem 1rem;
	border-top-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-width: 0;
    border-color: #757894 !important
}
.empower tr td:first-child, .empower tr th:first-child {
	padding-left: 0;
}
.empower .page-banner {
  margin-top: -80px;
  margin-right: -50px;
  margin-bottom: 50px;
}
.empower .head-para.subhead {
	color: #C4C4C4;
}
.apply-buttons {
  padding-top: 50px;
}
.apply-box {
  border-top: 1px solid #757894;
  padding: 4px 0 10px;
}
.apply-box .italic {
	font-size: 11px;	
}
.apply-box.ab2 {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #757894;
}
.apply-box a {
  font-size: 32px;
  line-height: normal;
  color: #c5c5c5;
}
.apply-box a:hover {
  color: #fff;
}
.apply-box .arrow-icon {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 60px; /* Adjust icon size */
  height: 60px;
  position: relative;
  right: 0;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For Safari and older Chrome */
  -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For older Firefox */
  -o-transition: all 0.5s ease; /* For older Opera */
  transition: all 0.5s ease;
}
.apply-box a:hover .arrow-icon {
  right: -15px;
}
.apply-box .arrow-icon::before,
.apply-box .arrow-icon::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 30px; /* Adjust line length */
  height: 1px; /* Adjust thickness */
  background-color: white; /* Icon color */
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.apply-box .arrow-icon::before {
  top: 50%;
  left: 7px;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}
.apply-box .arrow-icon::after {
  top: 50%;
  left: 15px;
  transform: translateY(-50%) rotate(-45deg);
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  border-right: 1px solid white;
  border-bottom: 1px solid white;
  background: none;
}
.rb-logo {
	padding-top: 20px;
}
.rb-logo .rb-linkbox {
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.rb-logo .ext-linkbox,
.rb-logo .ext-linkbox a {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: #262c65;
  line-height: 18px;
}
.bwimg img {
	-webkit-filter: grayscale(100%);
	-moz-filter: grayscale(100%); 
	-ms-filter: grayscale(100%); 
	-o-filter: grayscale(100%);
	filter: grayscale(100%);
}
.partner-logo img {
	cursor: pointer	
}
.btn-light {
    color: #262C65;
    border-color: #C4C4C4;
    background: #C4C4C4;
}
.btn-light:hover {
	background: #fff
}
/* Schollar Page */
.cust-accordion .accordion-button, #journey .cust-accordion .collapsed.accordion-button {
	font-size: 14px;
	padding: 10px 0;
}
#journey .cust-accordion .collapsed.accordion-button {
	padding: 18px 40px 18px 0
}
.cust-accordion .accordion-button::after {
  display: none;
}
.cust-accordion .icon-toggle {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 50px; /* Adjust icon size */
  height: 50px;
  position: relative;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.cust-accordion .icon-toggle::before,
.cust-accordion .icon-toggle::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 24px; /* Adjust line length */
  height: 1px; /* Adjust thickness */
  background-color: white; /* Icon color */
  transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

/* Default - Arrow */
.cust-accordion .icon-toggle::before {
  top: 50%;
  left: 12px;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.cust-accordion .icon-toggle::after {
  top: 50%;
  left: 20px;
  transform: translateY(-50%) rotate(-45deg);
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
  border-right: 1px solid white;
  border-bottom: 1px solid white;
  background: none;
}
#journey .cust-accordion .icon-toggle {
	position: absolute;
	top: 3px;
	right: 0;
  
}
#journey .cust-accordion .accordion-button {
	font-size: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
#journey .cust-accordion .icon-toggle::before,
#journey .cust-accordion .icon-toggle::after {
	background-color: #212529; /* Icon color */
}
#journey .cust-accordion .icon-toggle::after {
  border-right: 1px solid #212529;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #212529;
  background: none;
}
#journey .cust-accordion .icon-toggle.close::after {
    border: none;
    border-top: 1px solid #212529;
}

/* When `.close` is added, transform it into an 'X' */
.cust-accordion .icon-toggle.close::before {
  width: 25px;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
  top: 50%;
  left: 12px;
}

.cust-accordion .icon-toggle.close::after {
  width: 25px;
  transform: rotate(-45deg);
  top: 50%;
  left: 12px;
 	height: 0;
  border: none;
  border-top: 1px solid white;
}


.cust-accordion .accordion-item, .cust-accordion .accordion-button {
	color:#212529!important;
	background:none!important;
	box-shadow:none!important;
	border-left: 0 none!important;
	border-right: 0 none!important;
	border-radius: 0!important;
	
}
.empower .accordion-item {
	border-color: #757894;
}
.empower .cust-accordion .accordion-item, .empower .cust-accordion .accordion-button {
	color:#C4C4C4!important;
}
.empower .accordion-item .btn-outline-light { 
  top: 50%;
  right: 80px;
  transform: translate(0, -50%);
	z-index: 999;
	color: #C4C4C4!important;
	border-color: #C4C4C4!important;
}
.empower .accordion-item .btn-outline-light:hover {
	color: #262C65!important;
}
#apply .accordion-button.collapsed + a {
  display: none;
}
.apply-box-open {
    position: fixed;
    font-size: 16px;
    padding: 8px 10px 12px;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 40px;
    color: #C4C4C4 !important;
    z-index: 999;
    background: #272d63;
    border: 1px solid #757894;
    border-radius: 10px 0 0 10px;
}

/* Process Steps */
.psteps h6 {font-size: 15px;}
.pstep-box {border-right: 1px solid #757894;height:100%;margin-bottom:15px}
.pstep-box.last{border-right: 0 none}
.psteps .pstep-img{margin: 7px 0 10px;}
.psteps .pstep-no {font-size: 41px;line-height: normal}
.psteps .pstep-head{font-size: 16px;border-bottom: 1px solid #757894;margin: 0 20px 10px 0;padding-bottom: 10px;}
.psteps .dash-list {font-size: 13px;margin-bottom: 0}
.psteps .dash-list li {padding-right:7px}
/* Contact */
.contact-form {
	font-size: 12px;
}
.form-control, .form-floating label {
	padding-left: 0 !important;	
}
.form-control {
	border: none;
	border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
	border-radius: 0;
	background: none !important;
}
.form-control:focus {
  box-shadow: none !important;	
  border-bottom-color: #262c65;
}
.form-floating>.form-control:focus~label, .form-floating>.form-control:not(:placeholder-shown)~label, .form-floating>.form-select~label {
   transform: scale(.85) translateY(-.5rem) translateX(0) !important
}
textarea.form-control {
	border: 1px solid #ccc;
	padding-left: .75rem !important;	
}
textarea.form-control:focus {
  	border-color: #262c65;
}
.text-areamesage .invalid-feedback {
	left: 0;
	bottom: -25px;
}
.submit-btn {
	display: flex;
	align-items: center;
	justify-content: center;
	width: 3.6rem;
	height: 3.6rem;
	right: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	font-size: 2rem;
	border: 1px solid #ccc !important;
	border-radius: 0;
	background: none !important;
	cursor: pointer;
}
.submit-btn:hover {
  	background-color: #e9ecef !important;
}

.scholars p {
	margin-bottom: 0
}
.empower .btn-link {
    color: #7bb0ff;
}
/* Footer */
.footer {
	position: relative;
  padding: 60px 50px 80px;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: 400;
  background: #959699;
}
.footer-head {
  font-size: 11px;
}
.contact .f-link + .footer-head,
.f-link.privacy {
  padding-top: 12px;
}
.footer-link {
  padding-bottom: 25px;
}
.footer-link a,
.f-link {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 10px;
}
.footer-link a:hover,
.footer-link a:focus {
  color: #ebedff;
  text-decoration: underline;
}
.address-box {
	line-height: 1.4
}
.social-media .sc-ic {
  width: 20px;
  margin: 0 3px;
  -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s ease; /* For Safari and older Chrome */
  -moz-transition: transform 0.3s ease; /* For older Firefox */
  -o-transition: transform 0.3s ease; /* For older Opera */
  transition: transform 0.3s ease;
}
.social-media .sc-ic:hover {
  transform: scale(1.3); /* Scale up effect */
  -webkit-transform: scale(1.3); /* Safari and older Chrome */
  -moz-transform: scale(1.3); /* Older Firefox */
  -o-transform: scale(1.3); /* Older Opera */
}
.copyright {
	position: absolute;
	right: 20px;
	bottom: 20px;
    font-size: 10px;
    color: #CFD0D1;
    text-align: right;
}
@media (min-width: 992px) {
	.wrapper {
		height: 100%;
	}
	.nav-pills {
	  margin-top: 70px;
	}
	.border-right{
		position: relative;
	}
	.border-right:after {
		position: absolute;
		height: 100%;
		top: 0;
		right: -1rem;
		content: "";
		border-right: 1px solid #C4C4C4;
	}
}
@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .toggle-btn {
      display: none;
    }
}
@media (max-width: 991px) {
	html, body {
		height: auto;
		overflow: auto;
	}
	body {
		font-size: 15px;
		padding-top: 145px;
		background: #f8f9fa;
	}
	.navbar {
		padding: 12px 40px;
		background: #fff;
	}
	.navbar.scrolled {
		box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
	}
	.navbar .logo {
		max-width: 250px;
		transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
	}
	.navbar.scrolled .logo {
		max-width: 120px;
	}
	.navbar-toggler {
		font-size: 1.440rem;
		color: #272d63;
		border: 0 none;
		padding: .25rem;
	}
	.sidebar {
        position: fixed;
		top: 0;
		z-index: 9999;
		padding: 40px 40px 20px;
  		width: 100%;
		text-align: center;
      }	
	.sidebar.hidden {
	  transform: translateX(200%);
	}
	.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link, .nav-pills .nav-item.active>.nav-link {
		font-size: 20px;
		padding: 15px 10px;
	}	
	.nav-pills .nav-item>.nav-link::before, .nav-pills .nav-item .btn-toggle-nav {display: none}
	.sec-pad {
		padding: 40px 40px;
	}
	.sec-pad h2 {
		font-size: 28px;
		font-weight: normal;
		line-height: 34px;
		margin-bottom: 16px;
	}
	.head-para {
	  font-size: 16px;
	  line-height: 24px;
	  margin-bottom: 30px;
	}
	.bio-block .head-para {
		font-size: 18px;
	}
	.scholars .bio-block .head-para {
		font-size: 16px;
		margin-top: .5rem!important
	}
	.apply-box a {
    	font-size: 22px;
	}
	.empower .page-banner {
		margin: -40px -40px 40px;
	}
	.jarallax {
		height: 400px;
	}
	.jarallax .jarallax-img, .jarallax.about .jarallax-img {
		top: 115px !important;
		height: 100% !important;
		object-position: 100% 50% !important;
	}
	
	.social-media .sc-ic {
		width: 24px;
		margin: 0 14px 0 0;
	}
}

@media (max-width: 767px) {		
	.navbar {
		padding: 12px 20px;
	}
	.sec-pad {
		padding: 20px 20px;
	}
	.jarallax {
		height: 260px;
	}
	.jarallax .jarallax-img, .jarallax.about .jarallax-img {
		top: 115px !important;
		height: 100% !important;
		object-position: 100% 50% !important;
	}
	.jarallax.inner .jarallax-img {
		top: 200px !important;
	}
	.empower .accordion-item .btn {
    	right: 60px;
	}
	.empower .page-banner {
		margin: -20px -20px 20px;
	}
	.middle-hr {
		margin: 20px 0
	}
	.apply-buttons {
		padding-top: 20px;
	}
	.clamp-text {
		display: -webkit-box;
		-webkit-line-clamp: 4;
		-webkit-box-orient: vertical;
		overflow: hidden;
		text-overflow: ellipsis;
	}
	.scholars .clamp-text {
		-webkit-line-clamp: 3;
	}
	.toggle-btn {
      display: inline-block;
    }
	.bio-block {
		text-align: center
	}	
	.bio-block .head-para {
		margin-top: 15px;
	}
	.bio-block .bio-text, .scholars .bio-block{
		text-align: left			
	}
}