Deutsche Bank today said it has appointed Pratik Gupta as head of global markets equities in India at its subsidiary, Deutsche Equities India Pvt Ltd (DEIPL).He will be responsible for sales, sales-trading and research, a release said here."Pratik has a deep understanding of the Asian equities markets and his appointment will assist Deutsche Bank in consolidating our dominant position in the institutional equities space," bank's Managing Director & CEO, Gunit Chadha, said in the release.Gupta will report to Pavan Sukhdev, head, global markets, India and regionally to Noreddine Sebti, head global markets equity-Asia.