function validate()
			{
			if(document.form1.name.value=="")
			{
			alert("Please enter your name !!!");
			document.form1.name.focus();
			return false;
			}
			
			//--------------------------------contact no validator		
			if (document.form1.phone.value == "")
			{
			alert("Please enter a value for the \"Contact number\" field.");
			document.form1.phone.focus();
			return (false);
			}
			
			// only allow numbers to be entered
			var checkOK = "0123456789";
			var checkStr = document.form1.phone.value;
			var allValid = true;
			var allNum = "";
			for (i = 0;  i < checkStr.length;  i++)
			{
			ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
			for (j = 0;  j < checkOK.length;  j++)
			  if (ch == checkOK.charAt(j))
				break;
			if (j == checkOK.length)
			{
			  allValid = false;
			  break;
			}
			if (ch != ",")
			  allNum += ch;
			}
			if (!allValid)
			{
			alert("Please enter only digit characters in the \"Contact Number\" field.");
			document.form1.phone.focus();
			return (false);
			}	
			//-------------------------------------------------
			if(document.form1.email.value=="")
			{
			alert("Please enter your email address !!!");
			document.form1.email.focus();
			return false;
			}
			if (!checkemail1(document.form1.email.value))
			{ 
				alert(document.form1.email.value + " is not a valid Email ID");
				document.form1.email.focus();	 
				return false;	
			}
			function checkemail1(emailadd)
			{	
			var result = false;
			var theStr = new String(emailadd);
			var index = theStr.indexOf("@");
			if (index > 0)
			{
			var pindex = theStr.indexOf(".",index);
			if ((pindex > index+1) && (theStr.length > pindex+2))
			result = true;
			}
			
			return result;
			}
			
			if(document.form1.departuredate.value=="")
			{
			alert("Please enter Departure Date!!!");
			document.form1.departuredate.focus();
			return false;
			}
			if(document.form1.travel.value=="")
			{
			alert("Please enter Travel Itinerary!!!");
			document.form1.travel.focus();
			return false;
			}
			//----------------------radio button checker
			var project = false;
			for (var p=0; p < document.form1.rb.length; p++)
			{
			   if (document.form1.rb[p].checked)
				{
					project = true;
					break;
				}
			}
			
			if (!project)
			{
				alert("Please Select Type of Enquiry!");
				document.form1.rb[0].focus();
				return false;
			}
			
			if (document.form1.strCAPTCHA.value == "")
			{
			alert("Please enter a value for the \"Security Code\" field.");
			document.form1.strCAPTCHA.focus();
			return (false);
			}
			
			}
			//----------------------------------------