New Delhi, Apr 27 (UNI) President Pranab Mukherjee today reminded industry that just as much as funds, the country also needs their 'ideas, energy and drive'. Speaking at a function here, the President urged them to leverage CSR to re-imagine interventions and transformative solutions to address higher developmental challenges in India. Industry, he said, should have a pan-India outlook and not limit itself to a few geographies for CSR development. 'Given the magnitude of the challenges before our country and the relatively short time available to address them, partnerships will play a very crucial role. It is important to collaborate for achieving scale, developing solutions to complex social problems and for technology development.' His comments came while presenting the CII President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement to Bajaj Auto Chairman Rahul Bajaj and CII foundation Woman Exemplar Award here. Congratulating all awardees, he said the institution of the CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award in 2005 was a welcome initiative to promote women’s empowerment at the community level by discovering those who had, against all odds, excelled and contributed significantly to the development process in India. This would be a great encouragement for the countless number of women who are contributing in different ways to strengthening the nation and its economy. The President said to herald a new dawn in India, 'we must leverage the strengths of all sectors: the resolve, resources, and convening power of governments; the compassion, will and outreach of non-profits; the innovation, know-how, and capabilities of the private sector; and the determination and aspiration of communities as a whole. Among the other awardees were Jayamma Bandari from Telangana for Education & Literacy; Monika Majumdar from West Bengal for Health and Kamal Kumbhar from Maharashtra for Micro Enterprise. He concluded that he expected CII as an industry association to reinforce and converge the initiatives of corporate in this sector and expressed delight that this was being undertaken through a dedicated CII Foundation set up for this purpose, an official statement here said. UNI SD SW SHK 1847