NEW DELHI: The lineup of the country’s oldest and highest advisory board on education is now clear. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has accepted the entire list sent by the HRD ministry save one change: Rohan Narayana Murthy , the man behind man behind the ambitious Murty Classical Library of India and son of Infosys cofounder N R Narayan Murthy , has been replaced with Manish Sabharwal , cofounder of recruitment consultancy TeamLease.Murthy’s name was among the host of scholars and policy planners that HRD minister Smriti Irani wanted to nominate to the reconstituted Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE).The cabinet secretariat sent back the list as it is this month along with the PMO’s approval, but replaced Murthy, 32, with Sabharwal, 45.Other luminaires on the list include Vijay Bhatkar, chairman of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; SA Bari, vice chancellor of Gujarat Central University; DN Bezboruah, former chairman of Editor's Guild; Jawaharlal Kaul, vice chancellor of Hemwati Nandan Bahguna Garwal Central University; and educationist Indumati Rao.Sources said the secretariat hasn’t given the HRD ministry any reason for dropping Murthy.Irani and the PMO did not respond to ET’s questions on Murthy being replaced with Sabharwal as of press time Thursday. Murthy also did not respond to ET’s emailed questions as of press time.Sources pointed out that the appointment of CABE members is purely the government’s prerogative.The initial selection of Murthy was much talked about and assumed significance as he had conceived of the idea of publishing the classical texts of India. He is an alumni of Cornell University and Harvard University His replacement, Sabharwal, has a management degree from Wharton. His firm, TeamLease has reportedly placed more than half a million people in temporary and permanent jobs since 2002.Sabharwal’s firm had established a vocational education university in public-private partnership with the Gujarat government at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the state’s chief minister.Sabharwal refused to react to the news of his appointment to CABE as he hadn’t been intimated by the HRD Ministry yet. “It is not right on my part to say anything right now as I haven’t received any communication from the government,” he told ET.The reconstituted CABE is expected to be announced soon. The advisory body has a term of three years.Apart from nominated members, it comprises education ministers of all the states, six MPs, heads of different bodies including UGC, CBSE, National University of Educational Planning and Administration.According to sources, a meeting of the advisory board will soon be convened under the chairmanship of Irani to take a stand on scrapping of Class X board exams and the no-detention policy of the Right to Education Act, among other things.