Na fanau mai Pichai i Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Initia i se aiga Tamil. O lona tina o Lakshmi o se stenographer ma lona tama, Regunatha Pichai o se inisinia eletise i le GEC, le faʻapotopotoga Peretania. Sa i ai foi i lona tama se fale gaosi oloa na gaosia ai vaega eletise. Na ola aʻe Pichai i se fale e lua potu i Ashok Nagar, Chennai. Na faʻamaeʻaina e Pichai aʻoga i Jawahar Vidya Vidyalaya, o le Central Board of Secondary Education aʻoga i Ashok Nagar, Chennai ma faʻamaeʻaina le vasega XII mai le Vana Vani aʻoga i le Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Na ia mauaina lona tikeri mai le Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur i le metallurgical engineering. O ia nei o se tagata iloga.
inisinia metallurgical