Can I leave engineering mechanics as an exception in the JNTUH R16?

As per the Academic Regulations R16 of JNTUH, once you have secured 192 credits you can leave 02 courses (06 credits). These might be

• one open elective and one professional elective subject 
• two professional elective subjects for optional dropout, 

As a result, you will have a total of 186 credits for your performance evaluation. Only these 186 credits will be taken into consideration for the calculation of your CGPA and the same will be mentioned in your grade card.

However, it’s important to note that you have to secure all 192 credits. The option of leaving 2 subjects is just to improve your CGPA. 

From the above information, it can be concluded that you cannot be exempted from the Engineering Mechanics course because it is one of the Foundation courses of Engineering and not an elective.