Nishi Chawla is the third Indian poet ever to be interviewed for the US Library of Congress sponsored 'The Poet and the Poem' program in June 2024.
Nishi Chawla is among a few South Asian playwrights whose play has been performed on off Broadway. Her play, 'Kasturba versus Gandhi,' was staged 12 times in June 2024 in an off Broadway production. Her tenth play, 'he Mahatma versus Gurudev' has also been accepted to be staged off Broadway in June 2025.
Nishi Chawla was awarded an Arts and Humanities Grant by the Montgomery Government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, in Fall 2018.
Nishi Chawla received a Citation from the state of Maryland, USA, in 2018, in recognition of her dedication to the arts and to theatre.
Nishi Chawla gets invited to Literature Festivals and Poetry Readings in USA and in India every year.
You may watch a recording of the Jaipur Lit Festival session 2020 on the following link-
https://www.facebook.com/379713205912626/videos/420885298944127
Nishi Chawla received a British Council Fellowship in 1989.